Letter to Benjamin Walker, New York
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Title
Letter to Benjamin Walker, New York
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779
Pennsylvania and Delaware
Names
Coxe, Tench (Author)
Walker, Benjamin (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1794-12-05
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo
Abstract
Learned from Messrs. Pharoux and Des Jardins that Walker advised John E. Van Alen, when the latter went to survey lot no. 14 for Coxe's friends in Europe, not to go via Oswego, for the British Commander would stop him, but to go by Steuben and the road just cut by Pharoux and Des Jardins; asks for a minute statement of what occurred; the land in question is at the head of the St. Lawrence, part of [Alexander] McComb & Co's purchase from New York, and was sold by William Constable to Le Roy de Chaumont for himself, Peter Chassanis and others.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 831
Archives EAD ID: 275353
Archives Components ID: 412
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 170415b0-6a40-0139-d3d8-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Benjamin Walker, New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1794. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/170415b0-6a40-0139-d3d8-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1794). Letter to Benjamin Walker, New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/170415b0-6a40-0139-d3d8-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Benjamin Walker, New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/170415b0-6a40-0139-d3d8-0242ac110002
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