Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 Manuscript journal and letter book

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GLC#
GLC01018
Type
Documents
Date
1765-1781 ( bulk: 1765-1766 )
Author/Creator
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
Title
Manuscript journal and letter book
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 v. (ca. 200 p. : ) Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution

Bulk, 1765-1769 on Stamp Act Congress; some pages cut out. In four sections: 1) Correspondence of CT and Philadelphia Merchant's Committee, re: Stamp Act, 1765-1766; 2) Resolves of colonies re: Stamp Act Congress, with minutes of the Congress from Oct. 1765; 3) Records of the Philadelphia Merchants' Committee for 1769 with CT's transcripts of letters sent to Benjamin Franklin and others; 4) Retained drafts of correspondence, 1780-1781, with two long letters to John Jay (10/12/1780 and 7/11/1781) on the Revolutionary War.

Written in a reverse calf copybook with engraved label of bookbinder Samuel Taylor.

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