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- GLC#
- GLC01674
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 17, 1785
- Author/Creator
- King, Rufus, 1755-1827
- Title
- to James Bowdoin
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.6 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
King and Gerry, members of the Continental Congress, transmit information concerning two acts of Congress to Bowdoin, Governor of Massachusetts. States that these acts (not included) contain instructions to an unspecified foreign minister. Requests Bowdoin's secrecy regarding the transmitted information. Instructs Bowdoin to forward the information to John Adams, Minister to England. Slightly torn on the top of the second page.
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