BIB_ID
126372
Accession number
MA 157.77
Creator
Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803.
Display Date
1797 Nov. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
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
Commenting on French Republicanism; saying "the Dutch have addressed a note to me complaining of Mr. Adam's letter of Nov. last which was published;" asking him to "inform Gen'l Pinckney that if a single cypher were found in a letter & many are opened, the letter w'd not be sent on - but lost - whereas by omitting the name or signature it is safe - hence I have not sent a cypher - & because till to day I have had no good opportunity."
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