BIB_ID
102577
Accession number
MA 552.25
Creator
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814.
Display Date
1785 Sept. 20.
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Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm
Notes
Also signed by S[amuel] Holten and R[ufus] King.
Part of a two-volume set of autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence; see main record for MA 552-553 for more information.
Part of a two-volume set of autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence; see main record for MA 552-553 for more information.
Summary
Acknowledging Bowdoin's reports of encroachments on the eastern boundaries, and noting that he "communicated the same" to Congress; promising that they will spare no exertion "to obtain a Decision of Congress on [the issue of boundaries] & other important matters relative to the Common Wealth"; hoping Bowdoin received three other letters sent to him.
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