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Title
Letter to [ -- Dufour, Vevay, Ind.]
Names
Cooper, Thomas (Author)
Dufour, Vevay, Ind. (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Signers to the Declaration of Independence

Virginia. Part I

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1825-04-26
Place: Columbia, S.C.
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. 2pp. 8o
Description
He has received the circular, which he will give to his neighbor, Mr. Herbemont, the only person who has cultivated the grape for wine in this state; madeira at four dollars a gallon and port at two and a half are much used; the wild grape would make a better wine than any garden grape; the native North Carolina wines are made of this grape; they can be had at one dollar a gallon.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 3742
Archives EAD ID: 276300
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0cc96840-6a42-0139-bca7-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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  • 1825: Created
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  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1825). Letter to [ -- Dufour, Vevay, Ind.] Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-26b4-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

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Letter to [ -- Dufour, Vevay, Ind.]