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Title
Letter to John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee
Names
Blount, William (Author)
Sevier, John (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

The Carolinas and Georgia

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1797-06-23
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
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. 4 pp. Fo
Description
Incloses papers with news of the peace of Campo Formio; its effect upon England; proposed invasion of Ireland; British budget calls for £42,776,000 -- a proof of the distress of its funds; Elbridge Gerry is appointed envoy to France in place of Francis Dana who resigned; Gerry and Marshall will leave soon to join Pinckney, at present in Amsterdam; difference of opinion in Philadelphia as to war with France; subjoins titles, and notes on the fate of six bills respecting arming in anticipation of war; revenue for the year will be raised by indirect, not by direct taxes as Tennessee feared; has forwarded to each member of the General Assembly of Tennessee newspapers containing official documents that relate to the survey of the boundary between the United States and Spain.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1158
Archives EAD ID: 275513
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 60f7d260-6a40-0139-bef0-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1797: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1797. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-f9ea-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

Chicago/Turabian Format

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APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1797). Letter to John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-f9ea-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

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Letter to John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee