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Title
Letter to Jonathan Mifflin, Philadelphia
Names
Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 (Author)
Mifflin, Jonathan (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

Lossing's Field Book of Revolution

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1776-02-05
Place: Cambridge, 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
Desires him to engage Moulder the sail-maker to make up into tents as many old sails as can be procured; the work must be done at once, as their enemies will probably oblige them to take the field in March.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 7056
Archives EAD ID: 277948
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4e64db90-6a3f-0139-a8c6-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1744: Creator Born
  • 1776: Created
  • 1800: Creator Died
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Jonathan Mifflin, Philadelphia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1776. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-90c2-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Jonathan Mifflin, Philadelphia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 25, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-90c2-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1776). Letter to Jonathan Mifflin, Philadelphia Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-90c2-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Jonathan Mifflin, Philadelphia