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Letter to Dr. [William?] Smith, [Provost of the college of Philadelphia?]

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The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

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Title
Letter to Dr. [William?] Smith, [Provost of the college of Philadelphia?]
Names
Sullivan, James (Author)
Smith, William (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1796-10-20
Place: Boston, Mass.
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. Endorsed. 11 pp. 4o
Description
Thanking him for his letters on the subject of the north-eastern boundary; Sullivan had addressed him at the suggestion of Mr. [William?] Bingham; both letters maintain that the Schoodiac is the river intended by the treaty of 1783 as the St. Croix; in this he is mistaken; even if the piece of paper were pasted on Mitchell's map (of which fact the commissioners of 1783 have no recollection) that addition would still make the Magaguadavic the St. Croix; all maps, of Passamaquoddy Bay before 1787 call the easternmost of the two rivers emptying into it the St. Croix; Smith makes a mistake in his calculations from Lescarbot as to the position of De Monts's island; Sullivan is right in his statement that Bernard's survey was made in 1764, from Apr. 14 to June 30; Gov. Hutchinson's survey in 1770, under Gen. Brattle and Col. Royall, decided on the same river; so too that of Generals Lincoln and Knox in 1784; this statement is further supported by oaths of Indians; Charles Morris now acknowledges that his survey which gave the Cobscook as the St. Croix was erroneous; under the charter granted to Massachusetts by William and Mary grants of land have been made between the Kennebec and the St. Croix; all grants from the Crown before the Revolution, both within Nova Scotia and without, are vacated by an act of government; the limits of the ancient Acadia do not enter into the question; the English have made their claim to Nova Scotia on the grant to Sir William Alexander; they do not pretend, with Shirley and Mildway, that it ever extended west of the Schoodiac; nor does the Act of 1774 come into the question.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 547
Archives EAD ID: 275196
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c95b60f0-6a3f-0139-cfa3-0242ac110002
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The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 1796: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Dr. [William?] Smith, [Provost of the college of Philadelphia?]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1796. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b917eb3b-de33-ad32-e040-e00a18060e3e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Dr. [William?] Smith, [Provost of the college of Philadelphia?]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b917eb3b-de33-ad32-e040-e00a18060e3e

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1796). Letter to Dr. [William?] Smith, [Provost of the college of Philadelphia?] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b917eb3b-de33-ad32-e040-e00a18060e3e

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Letter to Dr. [William?] Smith, [Provost of the college of Philadelphia?]