BIB_ID
129182
Accession number
MA 557.7
Creator
Banister, John, 1734-1788.
Display Date
1778 Feb. 15.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1905.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "His Excellency / Patrick Henry Esqr. / Governor of / Virginia."
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the signers of the Articles of Confederation; see main record for MA 557 for more information.
With trace of a seal.
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the signers of the Articles of Confederation; see main record for MA 557 for more information.
With trace of a seal.
Summary
Discussing the drafting of soldiers in Dinwiddie County; informing him that "Woodward's implements of villainy shall be sent by a vessel that is going to Wmsburg in a few days with flour; they will be nailed up in a neat Box, sealed with the same seal that closes this letter"; listing some of the drafted soldiers.
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