Letter to Benjamin Harrison, 1783 June 24.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter to Benjamin Harrison, 1783 June 24.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155866491

Braxton writes to Harrison thanking him for altering the manner in which Braxton was required to make certain payments. He also asks the governor to fix the price of tobacco.

1 item (1 leaf) + 2 engravings.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6889092

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q061v7 (person)

Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant and politician who served as a legislator in colonial Virginia, following a precedent of public service established by his namesakes. He signed both the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence and is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Virginia's governor from 1781 to 1784. Harrison worked an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia Hou...

Braxton, Carter, 1736-1797

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs6kcd (person)

Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736 – October 10, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a merchant, planter, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia politician. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in the Old Dominion, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative pla...