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Title
Letter to George Washington, Cambridge [Mass.]
Names
Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813 (Author)
Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

Maryland and Virginia

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1776-01-26
Place: Williamsburg, Va.
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
Has been trying to collect the journal and ordinances of the last state convention, to send him, but Purdie is backward in publishing them; a skirmish, Sunday, was favorable; the Colony's armed vessels serve to check Lord Dunmore's tenders; Mr. Custis's tenement has been burned, through carelessness of soldiers quartered there; thinks the country should be answerable for it; the convention has established a court of admiralty, and has recommended free trade to Congress.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1135
Archives EAD ID: 275503
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9073cad0-6a40-0139-885a-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1753: Creator Born
  • 1776: Created
  • 1813: Creator Died
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Chicago/Turabian Format

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APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1776). Letter to George Washington, Cambridge [Mass.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-f9d9-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to George Washington, Cambridge [Mass.]