BIB_ID
80434
Accession number
MA 876.6
Creator
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.
Display Date
1777 Jan. 18.
Credit line
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.
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.
Removed in 1921 from the Worthington C. Ford Collection of Autographs.
Captain Hector McNeill was in command of the U.S.S. Boston, a frigate in the Continental Navy.
Docketed on verso.
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.
Removed in 1921 from the Worthington C. Ford Collection of Autographs.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin, 1907.
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."
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