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Title
Letter to Nicholas Cooke, Governor of Rhode Island
Names
United States. Congress, Continental, 1775–1789 (Author)
Cooke, Nicholas (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Presidents of Congress, and of the United States

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1778-03-19
Place: York, Pa.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
Presidents
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S., Henry Laurens, President of Congress. Endorsed, 1 page. Fo
Description
The President of Congress writes that his last was by Brown, and dated the 12th inst.; incloses an act of Congress of the 16th, for obtaining from the states information about their decisions on the recommendations of Congress.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1325
Archives EAD ID: 275598
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 01163460-6a35-0139-4134-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1778: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Nicholas Cooke, Governor of Rhode Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1778. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bdcd3cd5-994c-0817-e040-e00a18067c17

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Nicholas Cooke, Governor of Rhode Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bdcd3cd5-994c-0817-e040-e00a18067c17

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1778). Letter to Nicholas Cooke, Governor of Rhode Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bdcd3cd5-994c-0817-e040-e00a18067c17

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Nicholas Cooke, Governor of Rhode Island