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Title
Letter to [François Barbé de] Marbois, Philadelphia
Names
Marbois, François Barbé de (Recipient)
Witherspoon, John (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

Series VII. The Signers to the Declaration of Independence

The Signers to the Declaration of Independence: New Jersey.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1483 - 1876 (Approximate)
Place: Tusculum, N.J.
Date Created: 1783-07-18
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Documents
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Physical Description
Lithograph fac-simile of an A. L. S. in the possession of F. J. Dreer, Esq. Phila. 2 pp. Fo. With a small wood engraving, on India paper, of the Res. of John Witherspoon Mercer Co. N. J.
Description
Acknowledges a letter of the 14th by Mr. Delandes, to the education of whose son he will pay the strictest attention; he has now several young French gentlemen; he has never heard anything against Mr. Lavalette; the latter came to Princeton to teach French; he gave him encouragement, having tried himself to introduce a knowledge of the language, before the war; Lavalette left only because he could not gain a sufficient support.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 276013
Calendar number: EM. 2757
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cff45260-0022-0130-446f-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1483: Created (Approximate)
  • 1783: Place
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [François Barbé de] Marbois, Philadelphia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1483 - 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-2496-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [François Barbé de] Marbois, Philadelphia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-2496-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1483 - 1876). Letter to [François Barbé de] Marbois, Philadelphia Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-2496-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to [François Barbé de] Marbois, Philadelphia