John Alsop letters undated

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John Alsop letters undated

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6625

Merchant and member of the Continental Congress, 1774-1776. The folder contains one letter to Baynton Wharton and one document pertaining to the estate of Davis Matthews.

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6314254

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Alsop, John, 1724-1794

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John Alsop Jr. (1724 – November 22, 1794) was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from New York City. As a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776, he signed the 1774 Continental Association. Born in New Windsor, Orange County in the British Province of New York, Alsop moved to New York City as a young man and entered the mercantile world with his brother Richard. Their enterprise prospered, and the Alsops, for several generations, became one of t...