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Title
Letter to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut
Names
Trumbull, Jonathan (Recipient)
Sherman, Roger (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

Series VI. Declaration of Independence

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1483 - 1876 (Approximate)
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Date Created: 1777-04-09
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Declaration of Independence
Genres
Documents
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Physical Description
A. L. S. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with address and endorsement. Fo
Description
Has advanced $750 on account of the State to Capt. Niles of the Spy, who is unable to take his cargo to Virginia because of the war-ships in Chesapeake Bay; the Articles of Confederation are to be taken up next Monday; Congress has received a letter from Dr. Franklin, Arthur Lee and Silas Deane; they have been offered a loan of 2,000,000 livres; Mr. [William] Duer says that Governor Franklin has been busy with the tories and has delivered a number of protections from Gen. Howe; the people of the New Hampshire Grants have petitioned to be recognized as an independent state; the New York Convention has protested; difficulty of recruiting; the convention of committees for the middle states has broken up without doing anything to remedy high prices.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 275676
Calendar number: EM. 1564
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d91eacb0-c52e-012f-8dc2-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1483: Created (Approximate)
  • 1777: Place
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1483 - 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba0a2b02-ee0f-b0df-e040-e00a18062abc

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba0a2b02-ee0f-b0df-e040-e00a18062abc

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1483 - 1876). Letter to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba0a2b02-ee0f-b0df-e040-e00a18062abc

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut