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Title
Letter to Jasper Yeates, Lancaster, Penn
Names
White, William (Author)
Yeates, Jasper (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1786-04-20
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Continental Congress
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed with Yeates's memoranda of his correspondence on the suit. 1 page. Fo
Description
Encloses a bond of Archibald Douglas, and requests him to compel payment; Colonel [Samuel John?] Atlee is also interested, having purchased part of the mortgaged premises; a memorandum left by White's father indicates that the mortgage had been given to Andrew Allen for suit before the war, but he can find no record of how far it had progressed.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 449
Archives EAD ID: 275149
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a0ba2c40-6a3f-0139-4de1-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1786: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1786). Letter to Jasper Yeates, Lancaster, Penn Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8a373ad-2933-942d-e040-e00a18065263

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Jasper Yeates, Lancaster, Penn