BIB_ID
104839
Accession number
MA 157.47
Creator
King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
Display Date
1798 Aug. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.3 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.
Written on letterhead of the "Legation of the United States of America to Great Britain."
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.
Written on letterhead of the "Legation of the United States of America to Great Britain."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Granting safe passage to Elbridge Gerry on his return "to America in the American Brig Sophia, Captain Geddes."
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