[Letter] 1767 Feb. 23, New York [to] Wm. Samuel Johnson / Governors of the College.

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[Letter] 1767 Feb. 23, New York [to] Wm. Samuel Johnson / Governors of the College.

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The letter concerns a dispute between Sir James Jay and the board of governors of King's College (later Columbia University). The dispute concerns monies Jay had raised for the College in England and the control of those monies. The governors write to Johnson in hopes of his intervening in the dispute. The letter is signed by: J. T. Kempe, Jn. Watts, Samuel Auchmuty, Jn. Livingston, Myles Cooper, and Jas. Duane. William Samuel Johnson was the son of Samuel Johnson, the first president of King's College; later he also became president of King's (1787-1800). The letter is addressed to Johnson in London, [England], Agent for the Colony of Connecticut to be left at the new England Cofee [sic] House, and carries a black stamped postal mark.

[1] leaf ; 33 cm.

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Cooper, Myles, 1737-1785

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