Nathan Rumsey Letter, . 1777

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Nathan Rumsey Letter, . 1777

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Nathan Rumsey (fl. 1777) was a courier of messages from the Continental Congress. The collection is a copy of a letter, 8 March 1777, from Nathan Rumsey in Paris, France, where he had helped carry dispatches from the Continental Congress, to his father, William Rumsey in Cecil County, Md., commenting on the arrival at Nantes of a packet ship bearing dispatches from Congress, on the sale of ships captured as prizes, and on French-British relations.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Rumsey, Nathan, fl. 1777.

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Nathan Rumsey (fl. 1777) was a courier of messages from the Continental Congress. Rumsey was the son of William Rumsey of Cecil County, Md. From the guide to the Nathan Rumsey Letter, ., 1777, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...