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Danforth, Joshua, 1759-1837 to Henry Van Schaack

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07160.05 Author/Creator: Danforth, Joshua, 1759-1837 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 December 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 20 cm, Width: 17.2 cm Order a Copy

Advises that there are certain expenses that must be taxed on the Congregationalists. Requests information on the damages and costs resulting from a suit against the town. Sends two Philadelphia newspapers containing the speech of Mr. Sedgwick on the motion of Mr. Fitzsimmon's "relative to self created societies." Asks for New York newspapers in return. Note on verso, "One of my Philadelphia papers is mislaid - I cannot find it."

Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823
Danforth, Joshua, 1759-1837

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