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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1763.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 11 Folder 21
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jay, James, Sir, 1732-1815.
- Jay, James.
- Smith, William, 1727-1803.
- Smith, William.
- College, Academy, and Charitable Schools of Philadelphia.
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased from Julia Sweet Newman (Battle Creek, Michigan), 1961.
- Physical Description:
- 2 items (2 leaves)
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 11 Folder 21
- Place of Publication:
- 1763.
- Biography/History:
- Student at St. Peter's College, Cambridge, and King's (later Columbia) College, New York; holder of numerous New York state and early national offices, including the chancellorship of New York and secretary of foreign affairs under the Articles of Confederation.
- Summary:
- Two letters to his father, Robert R. Livingston, written from Cambridge in April and October 1763. The letter of April 1763 describes the fundraising of William Smith and James Jay in England for the colleges of Philadelphia and New York.
- OCLC:
- 79431628
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