BIB_ID
116771
Accession number
MA 556.1
Creator
Sullivan, John, 1740-1795.
Display Date
1788 Jan. 9.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 32.1 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Honble. / The Speaker of the House / of Representatives."
The letter is addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, but the first Speaker of the House (Frederick Muhlenberg) was not selected until 1789. It may be to the Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
The letter is addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, but the first Speaker of the House (Frederick Muhlenberg) was not selected until 1789. It may be to the Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
Summary
Enclosing a letter from [former] Governor [John] Wentworth in answer to their request that he "forward the Books of Records to ... Daniel Rindge"; informing him that the books are now in Portsmouth, and wondering whether "it would not be advisable to appoint a committee to inspect the books before they are received."
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