BIB_ID
119869
Accession number
MA 552.14
Creator
Whipple, William, 1730-1785.
Display Date
1776 Dec. 31.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 32 cm
Notes
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.
Summary
Discussing recent developments in the Revolutionary War; mentioning General [George] Washington; speculating that people "who have been treated with such Brutality by the British" will "be inspired with revenge so that the advantage the Enemy have gained in that Country [New Jersey or Pennsylvania?] will eventually operate against them"; commenting on numerous military and political matters; noting that "affairs in France wear a very favorable aspect."
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