BIB_ID
103212
Accession number
MA 556.69
Creator
Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779.
Display Date
1778 Nov. 24.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Signed "Hewes Smith & Allen." This was the name of Hewes's firm with Robert Smith and Nathaniel Allen.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
Signed "Hewes Smith & Allen." This was the name of Hewes's firm with Robert Smith and Nathaniel Allen.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
Summary
Noting that they have received a large quantity of arms, gunpowder, and blankets but have not received orders from the Board of War about these items; telling him that they have heard he is taking troops to South Carolina; proposing that they deliver the supplies to Col. Lamb for use by the troops going to South Carolina.
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