BIB_ID
125231
Accession number
MA 157.53
Creator
Otis, Samuel Allyne, 1740-1814.
Display Date
1784 Jan. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Address panel to "The Hon'ble / Elbridge Gerry Esq're / New York."
Endorsed on address panel.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Endorsed on address panel.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Referring to malicious attacks on his character; commenting on a person in the Cabinet he refers to as "K" as having a "knowledge of law, the graceful manner and active Spirit" which make him "respectible and from closer observation he appeared to know and support the interests of his Country;" adding that he is "anxious for your opinion, which did I not know your spirit & independence I should hardly now expect."
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