BIB_ID
80468
Accession number
MA 556.7
Creator
Brown, John, 1744-1780.
Display Date
1776 Sept. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1927.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 31.1 cm
Notes
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
To "the Hon. Horatio Gates Esq. Maj. Genl. in the northern department."
To "the Hon. Horatio Gates Esq. Maj. Genl. in the northern department."
Provenance
Zachary T. Hollingsworth; sale (Anderson Galleries, New York, Nov. 28-29, 1927); purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the book dealer J.F. Drake, 1927.
Summary
Commenting on the details of the campaign of Quebec; mentioning the differences between himself and Benedict Arnold; requesting that Arnold be put under arrest and brought to trial for his criticisms of Brown; predicting that Arnold will eventually turn traitor.
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