About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Letter to the heads of the New England states from Continental Congress Marine Committee

Letter to the heads of the New England states from Continental Congress Marine Committee

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Manuscripts and Archives Division

  • Francis Stanfell papers
  • Robert E. Lee engineering notebook
  • George Endicott diary
  • United States District Court of New York proceedings
  • George Washington notebook as a Virginia colonel
  • Description des principaux endroites de la mer du sud [...]
  • Compendio historico del los indios de Peru
  • James Maury letters
  • Daniel Phoenix, Jr. receipt book
  • Alexander Hamilton plan of a constitution for America
  • Testimony against Hugh Parsons charged with witchcraft
  • Adolph Philipse estate records
  • Title of executors & administrators by the Honbl. Tapping Reeve, Litchfield, Connecticut
  • New York State Comptroller memorandum book
  • Reports of the Board of Treasury
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Samuel Adams papers

View as book

This Item

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Letter to the heads of the New England states from Continental Congress Marine Committee
Collection

Samuel Adams papers

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1778-12-15
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 20
Genres
Correspondence
drafts (documents)
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Statement of responsibility: Draft in the handwriting of Samuel Adams
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12428746
MSS Unit ID: 20
Archives EAD ID: 2103112
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 24d39710-0e21-0134-84b9-00505686d14e
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

  • 1778: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to the heads of the New England states from Continental Congress Marine Committee" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1778. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16a48460-1c74-0134-91b8-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to the heads of the New England states from Continental Congress Marine Committee" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16a48460-1c74-0134-91b8-00505686a51c

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1778). Letter to the heads of the New England states from Continental Congress Marine Committee Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16a48460-1c74-0134-91b8-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16a48460-1c74-0134-91b8-00505686a51c | title= (text) Letter to the heads of the New England states from Continental Congress Marine Committee, (1778)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=October 11, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Letter to the heads of the New England states from Continental Congress Marine Committee