BIB_ID
80258
Accession number
MA 558.2
Creator
Armstrong, John, 1717-1795.
Display Date
1780 May 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 33.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "His Excellency / Joseph Reed Esquire / President of the State / Philadelphia / Favoured by / Coll: Richard Butler."
Endorsed.
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.
Endorsed.
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.
Summary
Concerning the "necessity of expedition & punctuallity of paying in the Tax - a delinquincey as Shameful as it is like to be fatal to our affairs -;" discussing the possible need for defensive measure against the Indians and the likelihood that Carlisle will be a frontier "by next Harvest;" introducing Richard Butler whom he recommends "for a Command North or Westward..."
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