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Letter to Aaron Ogden, Elizabethtown

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Title

Letter to Aaron Ogden, Elizabethtown

Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779
New York and New Jersey

Names

Stevens, John (Author)
Ogden, Aaron (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1779-10-08
Place: Elizabethtown, N.J.

Library Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A.L.S. 1 page. 4o

Abstract

Speaks of a bond of his to Colonel Beverly Robinson which he learned from a letter from James Morris, had been left at Ogden's; when he called he found Ogden had gone to Newark; will stop again when he goes to New York in about three weeks.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 798
Archives EAD ID: 275335
Archives Components ID: 394
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 155dcb90-6a40-0139-8503-0242ac110002

Rights

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Aaron Ogden, Elizabethtown" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1779. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/155dcb90-6a40-0139-8503-0242ac110002

APA format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1779). Letter to Aaron Ogden, Elizabethtown Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/155dcb90-6a40-0139-8503-0242ac110002

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Aaron Ogden, Elizabethtown" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/155dcb90-6a40-0139-8503-0242ac110002

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