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Continental Congressman John Dickinson writes to his colleague, James Wilson, and asks him to support General Charles Lee's request for financial assistance related to " his Estate being confiscated in England." "I do most earnestly beg of You to advocate [Lee's] Cause, and to speak to as many...
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F1
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
General William Irvine writes to Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, about preparations to meet expected attempt to rescue the convention prisoners at Lancaster and York. Irvine also notes his concern with Robert Morris' inability to provide sufficient...
Location: I-Purchase-1954-31
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
United States Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris writes to Don Luis Unzaga y Amezago, Governor of Cuba, about the return of Mr. Brown from his secret mission to Havana. Mr. Brown returns with the object that was the purpose of his mission.
Location: I-SellersC-1950-2
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Senator James Buchanan writes to Robert Morris and asks him to publish his "remarks" on the coal trade in the Philadelphia Inquirer. "I desire to let those who are interested in the Coal Trade know that I have not abandoned their interests or those of the State on this question," as...
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F18
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
