BIB_ID
80286
Accession number
MA 838.2
Creator
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836.
Display Date
1775 June 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
A postscript to the letter is dated the following day, June 13th from New York.
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Tappin Reeve Esq'r / Atty at Law / Litchfield."
Part of a collection of letters written by Aaron Burr. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Tapping Reeve was married to Burr's sister Sarah.
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Tappin Reeve Esq'r / Atty at Law / Litchfield."
Part of a collection of letters written by Aaron Burr. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Tapping Reeve was married to Burr's sister Sarah.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J. Pearson & Company, 1912.
Summary
Being written in three parts, the first to his brother-in-law, the second to his sister and the third a postscript; concerning the repayment of a debt; relating news that "Congress have voted 15000 Men to be paid by the Continent and kept a standing Army;" relating news of friends to his sister; relating news of regiment movements, supplies and other minor military matters.
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