View this item elsewhere:

Title
Letter to James Wilson, Carlisle
Names
Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785 (Author)
Wilson, James, 1742-1798 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Articles of Confederation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1772-11-17
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Articles of Confederation
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o
Description
He has been applied to by Thomas Burney who claims the whole of an estate left by William Burney; on examining the papers he found that two other persons were equally entitled, a Mrs. Armstrong and John McCartney; asks Wilson to inform them of their interest, and of Burney's improper intentions; it is an act of kindness and justice.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 4204
Archives EAD ID: 276452
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8bef4180-6a35-0139-e705-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1741: Creator Born
  • 1772: Created
  • 1785: Creator Died
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to James Wilson, Carlisle" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1772. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bad6720b-46b9-a00b-e040-e00a18067aa1

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to James Wilson, Carlisle" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bad6720b-46b9-a00b-e040-e00a18067aa1

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1772). Letter to James Wilson, Carlisle Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bad6720b-46b9-a00b-e040-e00a18067aa1

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bad6720b-46b9-a00b-e040-e00a18067aa1 | title= (text) Letter to James Wilson, Carlisle, (1772)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 19, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Letter to James Wilson, Carlisle