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Title
Document
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779
Maryland and Virginia
Names
Charles County (Md.). County Court (Creator)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1779-11-17
Place: Charles County, Md.
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: D. S., John Gwinn. 1 page. 4o
Abstract
Certificate of John Gwinn, clerk of the court, that Walter Hanson and William Harrison, signers of the above acknowledgment (all of which has been cut away except their signatures) are Justices of the Peace for the county, legally authorized and commissioned. Written on the back of a fragment of a transfer of real estate from Henry Riddell to Robert Peter.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1002
Archives EAD ID: 275441
Archives Components ID: 500
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4f12b050-6a40-0139-6314-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Document" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1779. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f12b050-6a40-0139-6314-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1779). Document Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f12b050-6a40-0139-6314-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Document" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f12b050-6a40-0139-6314-0242ac110002
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