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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Samuel Lyman, 1780 Dec. 22.

BIB_ID
119094
Accession number
MA 552.42
Creator
Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797.
Display Date
1780 Dec. 22.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 33.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Samuel Lyman Esquire / Hartford / Connecticut."
Docketed.
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
Expressing his satisfaction that Oliver [his son] "has determined to quit the business"; hoping his son finds "a situation agreeable and usefull to himself and beneficial to others"; commenting on England's determination to continue the war.