BIB_ID
119294
Accession number
MA 554.21
Creator
Wythe, George, 1726-1806.
Display Date
1801 Jul. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1892.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Endorsed by Jefferson.
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.
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.
Written on behalf of "The friends of Alexander Quarrier."
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.
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.
Written on behalf of "The friends of Alexander Quarrier."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. in 1892.
Summary
Endorsing the promotion of the son of Alexander Quarrier.
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