BIB_ID
104365
Accession number
MA 558.54
Creator
Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819.
Display Date
1774 Feb. 18.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.7 cm
Notes
Address panel to "The Honble / Robert Carter Esq're / Virginia."
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Summary
Stating that he and his brother intend to "set up an Iron Furnace in the Back Country;" asking for his assistance in "promoting my Application to his Lordship" [Lord Dunmore] as it relates to the purchase of land; discussing tracts of land in both Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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