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Title
Letter to William Cabell, Richmond
Names
Cabell, William (Recipient)
Mason, George (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

Series XVI. The Federal Convention

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1483 - 1876 (Approximate)
Place: Gunston-Hall, Fair-fax County, Va.
Date Created: 1783-05-06
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.
Citation/reference: EM9433-9588
Physical Description
A. L. S. 3 pp. 8o
Description
Necessity of a wise and virtuous course on the part of the Assembly, in order to restore public confidence; he was driven out of the Assembly by their bad measures, tending to bring the Legislature into contempt; he learns that the present Assembly intends to dissolve itself, to make way for a general convention to remodel the Constitution; this would be improper, without a requisition from the people, and untimely; the people here fear that the Assembly may pass laws infringing the Articles of Peace; Great Britain might then make reprisals without much danger of offending the European powers or even the other American States; his son and William Allison have erected a snuff manufactory; they have petitioned the Assembly for a protective duty.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 278770
Calendar number: EM. 9540
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 569c4390-0028-0130-05e1-58d385a7bc34
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 William Cabell, Richmond" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1483 - 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-ccf7-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to William Cabell, Richmond" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-ccf7-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1483 - 1876). Letter to William Cabell, Richmond Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-ccf7-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to William Cabell, Richmond