BIB_ID
117053
Accession number
MA 157.72
Creator
Story, Joseph, 1779-1845.
Display Date
1811 Dec. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks to "His Excellency / Elbridge Gerry Esq'r / at / Boston."
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Thanking him for his congratulations on his recent appointment; discussing the upcoming Congressional session and the need for Committee members to be present on the first day of the session; suggesting that "an intimation from your Excellency to them, would have an advantageous effect;" discussing the removal of and a new appointment for Sheriff; adding his support for the new Sheriff despite his strong support for his predecessor.
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