Record ID:
119294
Accession number:
MA 554.21
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1892.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes:
Endorsed by Jefferson.
Written on behalf of "The friends of Alexander Quarrier."
With a note dated "Philadelphia, 26 March 1776" and signed by George Wythe, "for himself & his brethren", concerning "Mr. Rubsamen's order for one hundred pounds of Virginia currency" which has been accepted. A published version of this note indicates it was appended to a note from Benjamin Harrison to Robert C. Nicholas on the same date and also concerning orders for Virginia currency.
Part of a collection of autograph letters by the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; see collection-level record for MA 554.1-60 for more information.
Summary:
Endorsing the promotion of the son of Alexander Quarrier.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. in 1892.
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