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Whipple, William, 1730-1785 to [John Langdon].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03186 Author/Creator: Whipple, William, 1730-1785 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 16, 1776 Pagination: 2 p. ; 32 x 20.6 cm Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Download PDF

Discusses contracting for guns, military preparations, and the Declaration of Independence. Remarks that independence was proclaimed in the army at New York last Wednesday and a statue of King George III was taken down and cast into bullets, "... for the destruction of this tools of tyranny. May every one of them be properly commissioned." Informs that in a few days 20,000 men will be assembled at New Jersey in addition to the army of York. Writes the Declaration "has had a glorious affect has made these Colonies all alive, all the colonies forming governments. . ."

Whipple, William, 1730-1785
Langdon, John, 1741-1819

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