Letter to Samuel Miles Hopkins [New York]
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Title
Letter to Samuel Miles Hopkins [New York]
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Signers to the Declaration of Independence
Connecticut
Names
Sherman, Roger Minot (Author)
Hopkins, Samuel Miles (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1802-04-09
Place: Norwalk, Conn.
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. 2 pp. Fo
Abstract
Olmstead's property is all conveyed out of his hands; the conveyances are fraudulent, but a legal inquiry would cost more than the claim is worth; recommends to him the bearer, James Burnett, son of the Rev. [Matthias] Burnett, who intends to practise law in New York.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 2579
Archives EAD ID: 275961
Archives Components ID: 1019
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 35263850-6a41-0139-9897-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Samuel Miles Hopkins [New York]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1802. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/35263850-6a41-0139-9897-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1802). Letter to Samuel Miles Hopkins [New York] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/35263850-6a41-0139-9897-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Samuel Miles Hopkins [New York]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/35263850-6a41-0139-9897-0242ac110002
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