ALS, 1791 July 26 : Philadelphia, to Samuel Howell and George Emlen.

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ALS, 1791 July 26 : Philadelphia, to Samuel Howell and George Emlen.

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Wayne, approaching the end of his period of financial difficulty following the Revolution, here writes to Emlen, an old friend from whom he had received a loan. "Permit me to return you many thanks for your kind friendship in obtaining the loan of 500 pounds for me ..." Wayne had lost his Georgia rice plantations and was, at this time, temporariliy working as Representative of Georgia in the Second Congress, a position later overturned.

2 p. ; 23.5 x 19 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

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Anthony Wayne was a soldier and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1780. From the description of Receipt book, 1785-1792. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540852 Wayne was one of the great generals in the Revolutionary War. Here he was an Indian fighter. From the description of DS, 1795 November 16 : Greenville. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14283513 U.S. representative from Geor...

Emlen, George, 1784-1850

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Howell, Samuel R.

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