BIB_ID
120136
Accession number
MA 554.54
Creator
Wilson, James, 1742-1798.
Display Date
1781 Mar. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1892.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
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 at the top of the recto from John Jay, who appears to have been the Domestic Corresponding Secretary of the New York Historical Society, transmitting this letter "To I.K. Tefft, Esqr / fr. his friend... / New York / August 10, 1838." Mr. Tefft was also a member of the New York Historical Society and an manuscript and autograph collector.
With a note at the top of the recto from John Jay, who appears to have been the Domestic Corresponding Secretary of the New York Historical Society, transmitting this letter "To I.K. Tefft, Esqr / fr. his friend... / New York / August 10, 1838." Mr. Tefft was also a member of the New York Historical Society and an manuscript and autograph collector.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. in 1892.
Summary
Recommending William Lewis, a lawyer from Philadelphia, who "wishes to be admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New Jersey."
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