BIB_ID
104401
Accession number
MA 157.48
Creator
Kirkland, John Thornton, 1770-1840.
Display Date
1812 Jan. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Address panel to "His Excellency / E. Gerry / Cambridge."
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Concerning a group of upperclassmen who have "requested permission to form themselves into a company for military exercises. The Government granted their request; hoping & presuming that under regulations, which might be adopted & observed, such an institution would serve the health & recreation of the students, & enable them to make some improvement in the art military without involving any sacrifice of their peculiar & primary objects of pursuit; or placing in any hazard the peace & good order of the Seminary;" requesting that the Governor "lend for the purpose stated Sixty arms with the suitable accoutrements to be returned, when required."
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