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Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Samuel Johnston, 1776 Mar. 4.

BIB_ID
103513
Accession number
MA 553.63
Creator
Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779.
Display Date
1776 Mar. 4.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Samuel Johnston Esq'r / Edenton / North Carolina.
Endorsed.
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
Concerning an order for additional horses and another wagon to deliver supplies to the Third Regiment of the North Carolina Troops as he overloaded the first one and the roads were in much worse condition than he supposed; discussing the cost per day of the wagon.