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Title
Document
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Names
Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council (Creator)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1788-02-11
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: L. S., P. Muhlenberg. 1 page. Fo
Abstract
To Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut. Dr. Franklin, President of this state, being indisposed, the Council request him to reply to Huntington's letter relative to John Franklin, a state prisoner, then in Philadelphia jail; the Supreme Executive Council have mitigated the rigor of his imprisonment but it would require an Act of Legislature to admit him to bail; will probably be recommended if the inhabitants of Wyoming continue their peaceable disposition.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 20225
Archives EAD ID: 280133
Archives Components ID: 5179
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 02e85c70-6a3f-0139-e03e-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Document" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1788. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/02e85c70-6a3f-0139-e03e-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1788). Document Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/02e85c70-6a3f-0139-e03e-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Document" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/02e85c70-6a3f-0139-e03e-0242ac110002
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