BIB_ID
157421
Accession number
MA 555.55
Creator
Blair, John, 1732-1800.
Display Date
1781 July 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "His Excellency / Thomas Nelson / Governor of / Virginia."
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by the signers of the Constitution of the United States; see collection record (MA 555) for more information.
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by the signers of the Constitution of the United States; see collection record (MA 555) for more information.
Summary
Requesting a flag for Mrs. Tazewell "for the purpose of endeavouring to recover the Slaves she has lost...it being the Case of a worthy Widow, reduced to a considerable Degree of Distress, by an almost total Desertion of her Family Servants."
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