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Robert Morris to the President of Congress

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Abraham Yates, Jr. papers

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Title
Robert Morris to the President of Congress
Names
Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 1867-1952 (Donor)
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author)
Hanson, John, 1715-1783 (Addressee)
Collection

Abraham Yates, Jr. papers

Series I. Letters and Documents

Numbered Letters and Documents

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1782-07-29
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 3405
Topics
Debts, Public -- United States
Genres
Correspondence
copies (documents)
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: Incomplete contemporary copy of Morris' letter, explaining at length his scheme for funding the national debt. A typescript copy of the concluding text only, copied from the Robert Morris letter books in the Library of Congress, is found in the Transcripts.
Document, dated Office of Finance
Physical Description
Extent: Quarto, 24 pages
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11996407
MSS Unit ID: 3405
Other local Identifier: 150
Archives EAD ID: 1149921
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9706e680-8632-013c-ac0d-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1782: Created
  • 1867: Creator Born
  • 1952: Creator Died
  • 2024: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Robert Morris to the President of Congress" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1782. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9a52d790-00f5-0134-f953-00505686a51c

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Robert Morris to the President of Congress" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9a52d790-00f5-0134-f953-00505686a51c

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1782). Robert Morris to the President of Congress Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9a52d790-00f5-0134-f953-00505686a51c

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Robert Morris to the President of Congress