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Title
Letter to James Brown
Names
Hill, Whitmell (Author)
Brown, James (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

The Carolinas and Georgia

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1790-07-07
Place: Hill's Ferry, Martin County, N.C.
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. Fo
Description
Sends by his son, Jos. B. Hill, his account for settlement; an unusual demand for vessels to transport produce to Virginia caused his delay in filling the contract, and this delay caused a leakage in the tar.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1174
Archives EAD ID: 275522
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6bfaf4f0-6a40-0139-01cf-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1790: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to James Brown" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1790. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-fa0f-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to James Brown" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-fa0f-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1790). Letter to James Brown Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-fa0f-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to James Brown