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Title
Letter to Elias Dayton, Elizabethtown
Names
Livingston, William (Author)
Dayton, Elias, 1737-1807 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Continental Congress of 1774

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1777-07-22
Place: New Germantown, N.J.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Continental Congress
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. 1 page. Fo
Description
With regard to Morris Hetfield and Baker Hendricks he can only say they have been committed by legal authority and cannot be discharged but by due process of law; they may perhaps be bailed out but can not be pardoned until convicted.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 376
Archives EAD ID: 275107
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d813fd70-6a34-0139-d681-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1777: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Elias Dayton, Elizabethtown" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1777. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8a373ad-28e1-942d-e040-e00a18065263

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Elias Dayton, Elizabethtown" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8a373ad-28e1-942d-e040-e00a18065263

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1777). Letter to Elias Dayton, Elizabethtown Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8a373ad-28e1-942d-e040-e00a18065263

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Elias Dayton, Elizabethtown