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Title
Letter to Jane Bayard, at Ravaud Kearny's, Amboy
Names
Bayard, John (Author)
Curley, Jane Bayard (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

Pennsylvania and Delaware

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1789-09-07
Place: New Brunswick, N.J.
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. 1 page. 4o
Description
Received her letter with inclosures for her brother Samuel and her sister Margaret; her uncle, a Mr. Bard, dined with them on his way to New York; is uncertain whether he can obtain a place for her sisters at Bethlehem; sends this, with a couple of lobsters for Mrs. Kearny, by Mr. Lawrence. In a postscript he adds that her brother John expects to visit them with his wife.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 819
Archives EAD ID: 275346
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0e063fd0-6a40-0139-bbba-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1789). Letter to Jane Bayard, at Ravaud Kearny's, Amboy Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9b9341d-2836-4a83-e040-e00a18062ea1

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Letter to Jane Bayard, at Ravaud Kearny's, Amboy