Letter to [De Witt Clinton]

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Title

Letter to [De Witt Clinton]

Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Miscellaneous Manuscripts

Names

Wood, John (Author)
Clinton, De Witt (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1803 (Questionable)
Place: Goshen, N.Y.

Library Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: 3, 5 pp. Fo

Abstract

Encloses a petition to Congress; relates his efforts and expenses in supplying necessaries to the prisoners in Canada during the Revolution, and in restoring women and children to their homes; he had presented a petition through Col. Hambleton [Alexander Hamilton], praying for reimbursement, but nothing was done. A. L. With certificates by George Clinton and William Simmons, and affidavits by Jeremiah Smith, William Mapes and William Donnoly, dated 1796 and endorsed as accompanying the petition presented Nov. 15, 1803.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 20299
Archives EAD ID: 280206
Archives Components ID: 5252
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5cfa6160-6a3f-0139-f92a-0242ac110002

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