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Title
Letter to [John Faucheraud] Grimké, Charleston, S. C.
Names
Smith, William Loughton (Author)
Grimké, John Faucheraud (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The First Federal Administration

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1790-03-03
Place: New York
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. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with address and endorsement. 4o
Description
Has received Grimké's letter requesting his aid on behalf of poor Mitchell; has laid recommendations before the President but Washington recollects Mitchell's conduct at Philadelphia some years ago -- abandoning his wife, etc., which a man so anxious and domestic as the President did not approve of, and also objected that as Colonel Mitchell had not made a success of his own affairs he should not be entrusted with public duties; had heard no complaint of refusal to take oath prescribed by Federal constitution; at present all interest centered in finance.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 9809
Archives EAD ID: 278897
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 95667b90-6a39-0139-de07-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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  • 2025: Digitized
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MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [John Faucheraud] Grimké, Charleston, S. C." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1790. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-cdf8-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [John Faucheraud] Grimké, Charleston, S. C." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 25, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-cdf8-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1790). Letter to [John Faucheraud] Grimké, Charleston, S. C. Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-cdf8-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

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Letter to [John Faucheraud] Grimké, Charleston, S. C.