BIB_ID
102501
Accession number
MA 157.2
Creator
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814.
Display Date
1780 May 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 38.4 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Nathaniel Peabody served as a delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780.
Nathaniel Peabody served as a delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Concerning finances and the state of the Treasury of the eastern states; saying it is "Poor Times for Congress as well as the Army."
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