BIB_ID
116774
Accession number
MA 557.49
Creator
Telfair, Edward, approximately 1735-1807.
Display Date
1807 May 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 26 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mr. Alexander Telfair / Princeton."
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the signers of the Articles of Confederation; see main record for MA 557 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the signers of the Articles of Confederation; see main record for MA 557 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Summary
Speaking of the importance of science and gaining a store of knowledge in college; refusing to pass judgment on his son's decision to sign a petition to the faculty; writing, "I can see nothing that is attached to the transaction that can in any degree justify your withdrawing from College"; telling him that his mother is sending him a small box of five shirts and six neck cloths.
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