BIB_ID
79920
Accession number
MA 876.1
Creator
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.
Display Date
1764 Feb. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 15.7 x 20.2 cm
Notes
According to an article published on November 29, 1881 in the The Day, a newspaper in New London, CT, these agreements were made during the years Arnold was a bookseller in New Haven and thus possible that the place of writing was New Haven.
Part of a collection of letters written by Benedict Arnold. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters written by Benedict Arnold. Letters 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, 1907.
Summary
Being an agreement wherein each man agrees that whichever of them is the first to marry the other will give that man a silver teapot worth fifteen pounds.
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