BIB_ID
120113
Accession number
MA 552.11
Creator
Whipple, William, 1730-1785.
Display Date
1775 Nov. 18.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 30.7 cm
Notes
At top of page: "In Committee of Safety."
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.
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.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of his letter that "contain[ed] the Agreeable News of the Surrender of St. Johns"; noting that his men must "Suffer by the Cold in so severe a Climate"; forwarding funds for his troops to purchase "such Cloathing as is most necessary for them."
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