BIB_ID
126544
Accession number
MA 157.78
Creator
Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803.
Display Date
1797 Nov. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.7 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.
The recipient is not identified in this fragment, but it appears, from the content, it was Elbridge Gerry.
The recipient is not identified in this fragment, but it appears, from the content, it was Elbridge Gerry.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Discussing America's relationship to Great Britain and Great Britain's stature as a maritime power; adding, in a note in the margin, "whether you succeed or not - & I believe you will not, because you love the Independence which your youth nursed into a free & glorious Nation, be assured of my affectionate remembrance & my respect."
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