Record ID:
80434
Accession number:
MA 876.6
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 31.5 cm
Notes:
Address panel with seal to "Capt. Hector McNeil / Boston."
Captain Hector McNeill was in command of the U.S.S. Boston, a frigate in the Continental Navy.
Docketed on verso.
Removed in 1921 from the Worthington C. Ford Collection of Autographs.
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.
Summary:
Introducing him to "Cap't Arnold, a kinsman of mine;" asking if he might be able to provide him with an opportunity for "privateering, or in one of the Continental Frigates."
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin, 1907.
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