Sargent (Winthrop) letter [manuscript]
By: Sargent, Winthrop
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Material type: 
Mixed materialsDescription: 1 (2.Subject(s): Howe, Robert, 1732-1786 | Reed, Jacob | Pennsylvania -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Archival resources -- Biography | Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs -- Archival resources | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Archival resources -- Biography | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Archival resources -- Biography | United States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783 -- Archival resourcesGenre/Form: Correspondence.Online resources: Collection description Typescript version of letter is also available.Summary: Two-page letter written by Winthrop Sargent, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jacob Reed, Princeton, New Jersey, on August 31, 1783. Reed was a former member of the Continental Congress from South Carolina and a colonel during the Revolutionary War. Winthrop Sargent's thank-you letter was written in response to the "polite Attention & Kindness" shown to Sargent by Jacob Reed and Mr. Mercer. Sargent's letter also conveyed the compliments of Mrs. House, Mrs. Trist, General Robert Howe, and Captain Hackett for Reed's kind attentions to them. He also stated that Mrs. Trist would personally attend to Reed's business in Philadelphia with a milliner, and Sargent's servant would personally attend to Reed's business in Philadelphia with a tailor.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/1858.000/F | Available | B40326 |
Two-page letter written by Winthrop Sargent, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jacob Reed, Princeton, New Jersey, on August 31, 1783. Reed was a former member of the Continental Congress from South Carolina and a colonel during the Revolutionary War. Winthrop Sargent's thank-you letter was written in response to the "polite Attention & Kindness" shown to Sargent by Jacob Reed and Mr. Mercer. Sargent's letter also conveyed the compliments of Mrs. House, Mrs. Trist, General Robert Howe, and Captain Hackett for Reed's kind attentions to them. He also stated that Mrs. Trist would personally attend to Reed's business in Philadelphia with a milliner, and Sargent's servant would personally attend to Reed's business in Philadelphia with a tailor.
Cite as: Z/1858.000: Sargent (Winthrop) Letter.
Typescript version of letter is also available.
Purchased from Walter R. Benjamin Autographs, Inc., Hunter, New York, March, 1989.
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