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Title
Letter to [Daniel Heyward, South Carolina.]
Names
Heyward, Thomas (Author)
Heyward, Daniel (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Declaration of Independence

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1767-02-11
Place: Middle Temple, London
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. 8 pp. 4o
Description
Gives an account of his life in London; luxury and extravagance of fashionable people; he is much absorbed in study, but confesses to a liking for the play-house; severity of the winter; the river frozen; debate in Parliament over the Army Bill; Grenville moved that the Americans should pay expenses of troops sent for their defence; Lord Sackville seconded this; Townshend spoke against it and alluded to the Stamp Act; Conway also spoke against it; summary of their speeches; the measure was rejected; more troops are to be sent to America; trouble in New York; the men in power are sowing seeds of discord.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1650
Archives EAD ID: 275721
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 775f4fe0-6a35-0139-4122-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1767: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1767). Letter to [Daniel Heyward, South Carolina.] Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba0a2b02-ee75-b0df-e040-e00a18062abc

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Letter to [Daniel Heyward, South Carolina.]