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Letter to James Brown, Attorney & Counsel at Law, Norwalk [Conn.]

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Title
Letter to James Brown, Attorney & Counsel at Law, Norwalk [Conn.]
Names
Alexander, James (Author)
Brown, James (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Albany Congress of 1754

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1755-02-03
Place: New York
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
Albany Congress (1754 : Albany, N.Y.)
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: L. S. 1 page. Fo
Description
Deplores the purchasing of lands from the Indians through [Peter] Livius; Pennsylvania lands have several times been confirmed by the Six Nations to William Penn and his heirs; attempts to purchase lands in New Jersey to the injury of the present holders, likely to result disastrously; Connecticut claims to lands westward, in his opinion, stopped by the Treaty of 1664.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 63
Archives EAD ID: 274966
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8338ad00-6a34-0139-a3d7-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Letter to James Brown, Attorney & Counsel at Law, Norwalk [Conn.]