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Title
Letter to Josiah Bartlett, Philadelphia
Names
Folsom, Nathaniel (Author)
Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1776-06-15
Place: Exeter, N.H.
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. 1 page. Fo
Description
Acknowledges receipt of letter of 6th inst., and the Philadelphia papers; requisition for raising a battalion for the Canada department ordered by the General Court; harmony in the American cause prevails; the vote for independence unanimous in both houses; a bounty of 40s. besides the price of £3 is to be given for all fire-arms manufactured in the Colony and delivered in one month, 30s. the second month, and 20s. the third.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 456
Archives EAD ID: 275154
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a3b7a560-6a3f-0139-8a68-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1776: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1776). Letter to Josiah Bartlett, Philadelphia Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b917eb3b-dde9-ad32-e040-e00a18060e3e

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Letter to Josiah Bartlett, Philadelphia