Letter to Gov. [George Clinton]
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Title
Letter to Gov. [George Clinton]
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Signers to the Declaration of Independence
North Carolina
Names
Morris, Robert Hunter, approximately 1700-1764 (Author)
Clinton, George, 1739-1812 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1781-07-16
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: L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o
Abstract
Urges New York State to comply with the requisitions of Congress; there is due to the United States $12,488,-742 of the old emission and 391,620 of the new; the Governor will be able to determine how much has been paid, also how much of the specific supplies has been furnished; the war cannot be carried on unless the states will cheerfully furnish the means.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 3949
Archives EAD ID: 276368
Archives Components ID: 1425
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 371a82e0-6a42-0139-a7ff-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gov. [George Clinton]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1781. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/371a82e0-6a42-0139-a7ff-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1781). Letter to Gov. [George Clinton] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/371a82e0-6a42-0139-a7ff-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gov. [George Clinton]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/371a82e0-6a42-0139-a7ff-0242ac110002
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