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Purviance, Samuel Dinsmore, 1774-1806. Correspondence [manuscript] 1775-1787.

Title: Correspondence [manuscript] 1775-1787.

Letters are from: Samuel Adams regarding a donation of the citizens of Cecil Co., Md. to the poor of Boston, John Hancock and the Battle of Lexington; the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia; Thomas Cushing regarding the Continental Congress; Elbridge Gerry regarding an Ohio settlement, and La. and Fla. emigration; Thomas Johnson; and Abner Nash.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

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McHenry, James, 1753-1816. Papers, 1744-1815 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1744-1815 (inclusive).

Papers: drafts and fair copies of verse (1774-1815) written by McHenry and others; holograph copy of a 22 page letter (September 4, 1799) and related enclosures sent by Secretary of War McHenry from Trenton, New Jersey, to William Simmons, Esq., "Accountant War Department."

ArchivalResource: .07 cubic ft. (4 folders)

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Courtenay, Bentley,. Papers collected by Bentley Courtenay [manuscript], 1775-1805.

Title: Papers collected by Bentley Courtenay [manuscript], 1775-1805.

Include letter, 13 February 1775, from Thomas Cushing, Boston, Mass., to Samuel Purviance, Baltimore, Md., regarding the beginning of hostilities between Great Britain and the United States; letter, 18 May 1775, from Thomas Johnson, Philadelphia, Pa., regarding the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y.; and letter, 19 May 1775, from Samuel Adams, Philadelphia, Pa., to Samuel Purviance, regarding the siege of Boston, Mass. Also include a certificate, 20 January 1786, granting Samuel Purviance membership in the American Philosophical Society, signed by Benjamin Franklin; and letter, 10 March 1786, from George Washington, Mount Vernon, Va., regarding settlements on the Kanawha River and rivers most suited to commercial navigation, with a map, n.d., of the principal settlements and topography surrounding Fort Pitt, Pa. Also include letter, 10 September 1787, from Elbridge Gerry, Philadelphia, Pa., to Samuel Purviance, Baltimore, Md., regarding a new settlement northwest of the Ohio River and immigration to Louisiana and Florida; receipt, 17 December 1787, for a sum settling a legal dispute involving Thomas Johnson; and letter, 14 September 1804, granting John Henry Purviance permission to use the Westminster Library. Also include letter, 12 April 1805, from Stephen Cottrell [to James Monroe], inviting Monroe to a ceremony for installing Knights of the Garter; and photograph, n.d., of the gravesite of John Henry Purviance.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

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Irving, George W. (George Washington). Letter : London, to James Monroe, Paris, 1804 Oct. 26.

Title: Letter : London, to James Monroe, Paris, 1804 Oct. 26.

Writing to Monroe, then minister to the Court of St. James about his willingness to assist Mr. Purviance [Samuel Dinsmore Purviance?] with regard to "the late interesting transaction respecting Spain." He also gives news that the commanders of the British frigates at New York "have been superceded."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.), in folder ; 26 cm.

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