Letter to Josiah Bartlett
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Title
Letter to Josiah Bartlett
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Names
Foster, Abiel (Author)
Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1784-02-21
Place: Annapolis, Md.
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. 3 pp. Fo
Abstract
Acknowledges receipt of letter of Jan. 23 informing him of his reappointment as delegate to Congress; regrets to learn of the illness of the President of New Hampshire; hears that the Legislature have passed the impost act; New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia have done the same; Connecticut is in too great a pet with the commutation to comply at present; Rhode Island will be slow; Congress will probably adjourn in April; a committee of the States may possibly be left sitting, in which case Jonathan Blanchard will remain for New Hampshire.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 458
Archives EAD ID: 275155
Archives Components ID: 214
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a42acff0-6a3f-0139-e5b4-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Josiah Bartlett" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1784. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a42acff0-6a3f-0139-e5b4-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1784). Letter to Josiah Bartlett Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a42acff0-6a3f-0139-e5b4-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Josiah Bartlett" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a42acff0-6a3f-0139-e5b4-0242ac110002
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