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Title
Letter to Col. Nicholas Cabell
Names
Cabell, Nicholas (Recipient)
Cabell, William (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

Series VII. The Signers to the Declaration of Independence

The Signers to the Declaration of Independence: Virginia, Part II.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1483 - 1876 (Approximate)
Place: Union Hill, Amherst County, Va.
Date Created: 1793-10-23
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Documents
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Physical Description
A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. 4o
Description
Asks him, while at the Assembly, to speak to John Pendleton concerning the lots in Beverly town, Westham, that Pendleton supposed Cabell had received from his father, and which he was desirous of purchasing; asks Nicholas to have viewed and marked out his part of the road from Pounding Mill Creek to Swan Creek which the Court had ordered done; he will then have his own part opened before the next Court; if his son William should set off for Assembly before Nicholas he will trouble Nicholas with some petitions against the division of the city that are not yet at hand.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 276337
Calendar number: EM. 3836
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bd29bee0-0023-0130-de84-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1483: Created (Approximate)
  • 1793: Place
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

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Chicago/Turabian Format

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APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1483 - 1876). Letter to Col. Nicholas Cabell Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-26f3-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Col. Nicholas Cabell