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Autograph letter signed : Mastick, to Major Genl. Lewis Morris, 1796 Jan. 2.

BIB_ID
107405
Accession number
MA 552.44
Creator
Floyd, William, 1734-1821.
Display Date
1796 Jan. 2.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 27.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Major Genl. Lewis Morris / at / Morrisania."
From Ford Collection.
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.
With trace of a seal.
Summary
Explaining that business away from home will prevent him from attending "to the Business of the Brigade," and informing him that he has "therefore sent [his] resignation to the governor."