Wisner, Henry (1720-1790) to Simeon De Witt re: land grant
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02471.44 Author/Creator: Wisner, Henry (1720-1790) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1791/01/10 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy
Possibly the son of Continental Congress member Henry Wisner. (The elder Wisner died in 1790).
WISNER, Henry, (1720-1790), Delegate from New York; assistant justice of the court of common pleas; member of the colonial assembly 1759-1769; delegate to the New York provincial convention in 1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1775-1776; voted for the Declaration of Independence, but was absent at the time it was signed, attending the Provincial Congress in New York, to which he had just been elected; member of the Provincial Congress in 1776 and 1777; erected three powder mills in the vicinity of Goshen, Orange County, N.Y., and supplied powder to the Continental Army during the Revolution; one of the committee that framed the first constitution of New York in 1777; member of the commission to provide for fortifying the Hudson River in 1777 and 1778; served in the State senate 1777-1782; established an academy at Goshen in 1784; member of the first board of regents of the University of the State of New York 1784-1787; served as a member of the State ratification convention in 1788. (excerpted from bioguide.congress.gov)
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