BIB_ID
105657
Accession number
MA 554.36
Creator
Gwinnett, Button, approximately 1735-1777.
Display Date
1773 May 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1892.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 11.9 x 18.0 cm
Notes
According to a census of extant autograph signatures of Button Gwinnett compiled by Ryan Speer (cited below) this is "The only known letter written and signed by Gwinnett."
Part of a collection of autograph letters by the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; see collection-level record for MA 554.1-60 for more information.
Part of a collection of autograph letters by the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; see collection-level record for MA 554.1-60 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. in 1892.
Summary
Replying "Not till this Day, I rec'd yrs concerning Mrs. Steven's's Demand, I am just going to Cha's Town where I will Discharge it."
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