Letter to Thomas McKean [Philadelphia]
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Title
Letter to Thomas McKean [Philadelphia]
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Declaration of Independence
Names
Read, George (Author)
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1776-01-17
Place: Newcastle, Del.
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. 2 pp. Fo
Abstract
Incloses extract from the minutes of the Council of Safety, recommending officers for the Delaware battalion, as follows: Colonel, John Haslet; Lieut.-Col., Gunning Bedford; Major, McPherson; Captains, Joseph Stedham, Jonathan Caldwell, David Hall, Henry Darby, Charles Pope, Nathan Adams, Samuel Smith, and Joseph Vaughan; Chaplain, Joseph Montgomery; they desire that a paymaster be appointed, George Latimer being their choice; asks him to procure money from Congress for the expenses of recruiting; their paper money will not be ready until March; condoles with him on the death of Mrs. Dunn.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1615
Archives EAD ID: 275702
Archives Components ID: 761
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5ca5d2e0-6a35-0139-c1d0-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Thomas McKean [Philadelphia]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1776. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ca5d2e0-6a35-0139-c1d0-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1776). Letter to Thomas McKean [Philadelphia] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ca5d2e0-6a35-0139-c1d0-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Thomas McKean [Philadelphia]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ca5d2e0-6a35-0139-c1d0-0242ac110002
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