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Letter to [Henry Laurens, Charleston?]

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Thomas Addis Emmet collection

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The Signers to the Declaration of Independence

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Pennsylvania. Part II

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Title
Letter to [Henry Laurens, Charleston?]
Names
Thomson, William (Author)
Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Signers to the Declaration of Independence

Pennsylvania. Part II

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1775-08-25
Place: Camp Amelia, Fuquetts Old Field, 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: L. S. Endorsed: ... "Read in Council & Answd. 31st." 2 pp. Fo
Description
He is in camp with five companies under Capts. [Samuel] Wise, [Eli] Kirshaw, [Robert] Goodwyn, [Edward] Richardson, and [Thomas] Woodward; Capts. [John Lewis P.] Imhoff and [William] Heatley are out recruiting; expects Capt. [John] Purvis with his company; the first certain account he had of Capt. [Ezekiel] Polk's disobedience was from Major Mason [James Mayson], whose letter he delivered to [William Henry] Drayton on the arrival of the latter in the [Provincial] Congress; had he been consulted by the officer who wrote to [John Lewis] Gervais it would have been in his power to write facts; he has taken away the commissions from some of the captains in his regiment of foot who were disaffected; asks for blank commissions; Capt. Wise is in North Carolina, his men came with Lieut. [John] Donaldson; asks leave to come to town to sell his crops.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 3155
Archives EAD ID: 276140
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a7469b60-6a41-0139-500c-0242ac110002
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

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

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [Henry Laurens, Charleston?]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1775. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-278d-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [Henry Laurens, Charleston?]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 25, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-278d-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1775). Letter to [Henry Laurens, Charleston?] Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-278d-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9

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Letter to [Henry Laurens, Charleston?]