BIB_ID
157626
Accession number
MA 558.19
Creator
Elbert, Samuel, 1740-1788.
Display Date
1778 Oct. 2.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 16.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Mordecai Sheftal Esq/re / D'y Com'y Gen. of Issues for the / [S]tate of Georgia."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Written from "Head Quarters."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Written from "Head Quarters."
Summary
Concerning rum supplied to the troops at Sunbury which he has not authorized; asking him to inquire how they received it and under whose authorization; adding "I know of none that is allowed more than what the Gen'l used to give while on Expedition."
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