BIB_ID
102240
Accession number
MA 157.22
Creator
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.
Display Date
1789 Aug. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The Federal Government took control of the Boston Harbor Lighthouse in 1789.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The Federal Government took control of the Boston Harbor Lighthouse in 1789.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Concerning a Mr. Devens who is "apprehensive that a Gentleman now in New York whom also you well know will get him superseded in favour of his own Friend in the Care f the Light House in this Harbour. The Light House I humbly conceive stands upon Land belonging to this Commonwealth, and cannot rightly be [illegible], but by the Authority of the State; or without the Consent of the Legislature. I beg you to consider this and form your own Opinion."
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