Letter to Oliver Wendell criticizing New Yorkers and praising Congress's Address to King and American equality
Contributors: Wendell, Oliver, 1733-1818, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
Published: 1774
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Sources; Description and travel; History
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title provided by cataloger.

Dated: New York, 6 November 1774.

Describes his passage to New York and his present lodging. Finds the inhabitants are apt to speak contemptuously of New Englanders. Is pleased with the Address of Congress to their fellow subjects in Great Britain and wishes he had had it to answer some Englishmen on the trip. Sends message to his friends and family.

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