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Title
Letter to -- --
Names
South Carolina. Governor (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

The Carolinas and Georgia

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1798-12-28
Place: Charleston, S.C.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Continental Congress
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S., Edward Rutledge [Governor]. 2 pp. 4o
Description
Acknowledges receipt of letter of 9th inst. directed to the Governor of the State and enclosing copies of the President's speech to both Houses of Congress; the newspapers will show him that only three public acts were passed by the South Carolina legislature at the last session; the report of the joint committee on military affairs was not embodied in a law; the Judiciary Bill and the election of officers took most of the time of the legislature; the citizens are united and will act with firmness whenever the honor or interest of the country requires it.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1266
Archives EAD ID: 275564
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9bb43ed0-6a40-0139-103d-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1798: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1798). Letter to -- -- Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-fa62-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

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Letter to -- --