BIB_ID
102803
Accession number
MA 157.9
Creator
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814.
Display Date
1812 Feb. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Endorsed 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 recipient is identified as the "Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court."
Written from the "Council Chamber."
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 recipient is identified as the "Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court."
Written from the "Council Chamber."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Asking for "information in regard to the correctness of the publication of your charge to the Grand Jury of Suffolk on the subject of Libels;" deeming it "officially necessary" but adding that he has "waited to the present time, desirous of avoiding every measure that may have embarrassed or incommoded you, amidst your important publick concerns."
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