BEGINNING SEARCH FOR SITE OF NATION'S CAPITAL GERRY, ELBRIDGE. Autograph Document, unsigned, contemporary...
BEGINNING SEARCH FOR SITE OF NATION'S CAPITAL GERRY, ELBRIDGE. Autograph Document, unsigned, contemporary transcription of a letter from Thomas Hutchins, to "The Commissioners for viewing the Ground near to Trenton for a federal Town," sending a survey [not present] and giving a brief report. 1 1/2 pages, tall 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; loss at upper left corner affecting few letters of text, short closed separations at horizontal folds, remnants of prior mounting along right edge verso, short closed tears at all edges. Annapolis, 26 December 1783
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BEGINNING SEARCH FOR SITE OF NATION'S CAPITAL GERRY, ELBRIDGE. Autograph Document, unsigned, contemporary transcription of a letter from Thomas Hutchins, to "The Commissioners for viewing the Ground near to Trenton for a federal Town," sending a survey [not present] and giving a brief report. 1 1/2 pages, tall 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; loss at upper left corner affecting few letters of text, short closed separations at horizontal folds, remnants of prior mounting along right edge verso, short closed tears at all edges. Annapolis, 26 December 1783
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