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Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Weathersfield [Wethersfield, Conn.]

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Title
Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Weathersfield [Wethersfield, Conn.]
Names
Gordon, William (Author)
Smith, Elizabeth (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Signers to the Declaration of Independence

New Jersey

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1775-07-30
Place: Jamaica Plain, Mass.
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. 1 page. 4o
Description
He sets out for Philadelphia in a month; he still retains an affection for his native country and wishes to have matters accomodated without a total separation; Great Britain will be reduced to great distress, especially if Spain and France make war on her; hopes it may prove her reformation and not her destruction; by the arrival of Gen. Washington affairs have been brought to better order; it was a kind providence that H's [Thomas Hutchinson's] letter-books were discovered; the publications have ruined him with many, and future ones will complete his overthrow; the affair of Lexington led people to plant more corn than usual, in apprehension of a scarcity; he hopes for an increased spirit of religion; Mr. Williams will show her extracts from the Colonel's letters, which he will not publish needlessly if his further conduct is not hostile to America.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 2847
Archives EAD ID: 276033
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 63b720f0-6a41-0139-f317-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1775: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Weathersfield [Wethersfield, Conn.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1775. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-24bc-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Weathersfield [Wethersfield, Conn.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 8, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-24bc-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1775). Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Weathersfield [Wethersfield, Conn.] Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-24bc-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

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Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Weathersfield [Wethersfield, Conn.]