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to Samuel Johnson

Also signed by James Duane and Walter Livingston with Jay as agents for New York, and Elbridge Gerry, Samuel Holton, and Rufus King as agents for Massachusetts. Discusses Johnson's appointment as a judge in a boundary dispute between Massachusetts...

GLC03381

to John Francis Mercer

Monroe, a member of the Confederation Congress, informs Mercer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, that a secretary will soon be appointed to assist John Adams as Minister to Great Britain. States that James McHenry, also a member of the...

GLC02861

Federal nominations

Rufus King for Governor, plus nominations for Lt. Governor, Senator, Congress, and Assembly.

GLC03107.05307

to James Bowdoin

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...

GLC01674

Engraving of James Kent

One undated engraving of Rufus King. Bust portrait of King based on original painting by Gilbert Stuart.

GLC08878.0350