LS, 1775 Oct. 4, York, Pa., to Benjamin Franklin, Owen Biddle, and the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, Philadelphia.

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LS, 1775 Oct. 4, York, Pa., to Benjamin Franklin, Owen Biddle, and the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, Philadelphia.

Concerns an order for ammunition and a list of officers to be commissioned.

1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6791865

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Smith, James, 1719-1806

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James Smith (September 17, 1719 – July 11, 1806), a Founding Father of the United States, was an Irish-American lawyer and a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania. Born in Ireland, his family immigrated to Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1729. Smith attended the Philadelphia Academy and worked as a surveyor before studying law at the office of his brother George. Admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania, he initially practiced near Shippensburg...

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