Correspondence, 1771-1772.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Correspondence, 1771-1772.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122585800

Concerns Hopkinson and McKean's scheme to obtain appointment as collector of customs for the port of New Castle, Delaware. ALS of Hopkinson to McKean, 16 Jan. 1772, incorporating copies of a letter from J. Warren to Hopkinson, London, 8 Nov. 1771, and Warren's letter of the same date to Lady North.

3 items (3 p.); 33 cm.

Rosenbach Museum & Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6777853

Rosenbach Museum & Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h52hjb (person)

Thomas McKean (March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817) was an American lawyer, politician, and a Founding Father of the United States from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the Continental Association, United States Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation. McKean served as a President of Congress. He was at various times a member of the Federalist and Democratic-...

Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6427p31 (person)

Francis Hopkinson (October 2, 1737 [O.S. September 21, 1737] – May 9, 1791) was an American Founding Father, judge, author and composer. He designed Continental paper money and two early versions of flags, one for the United States and one for the United States Navy. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 as a delegate from New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, Hopkinson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1757 from the Col...

Warren, J., fl. 1771,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65m89zw (person)

North, Anne Speke North, Lady, d. 1797,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gx6hdb (person)