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Henry Laurens

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Letter to Earl of Stirling explaining does not have a response before talking to Congress, and admiring obedience displayed by those who captured James Merehandize, signed Henry Laurens as President of Congress, dated October 25, 1778.

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Philadelphia 25th October 1778 My Lords Your favor of the 21st was brought to me late last Evening, the bearer of it expressed some anxiety to return without delay, & as I shall not have an opportunity for laying it before Congress till to morrow ten oclock I think it best to indulge him. When Congress lay their commands on me Your Lordship shall be informed __ in the mean time I cannot refrain from expression my admiration of the Liberality & obedience, displayed in the conduct of those persons who had captured Mr. James Merehandize, by their gentle surrender of them _ I have the honor to be with great Respect & Esteem My Lord Your Lordship’s Obedient & most hum. Servt. Henry Laurens, President of Congress The Right Honorable the East of Stirling New Jersey

Creation Date

10-25-1778

City

Philadelphia

State/Province

Pa.

Creator Life Dates

1724-1792

Keywords

Henry Laurens, Earl of Stirling, James Merehandize, New Jersey, Philadelphia, congress, surrender, capture, 1778.

Resource Identifier

080420-01

Date Digital

October 2013

Document Type

Article

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (medium)

Manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

En-us English

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adope Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Henry Laurens letter to Earl of St

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