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Catalog Number |
MS050 B02 F16.10 |
Title |
Samuel Livermore to John Langdon |
Scope & Content |
Two page letter from Samuel Livermore in Philadelphia to John Langdon in Portsmouth. Samuel Livermore, 1732-1803, was Attorney-General for New Hampshire and subsequently, a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. He reports that he has just received two letters from Langdon, the May 29 and June 4 letters, but that is all. The eastern mail was, with the postrider, taken between North River and Morristown and carried to New York at the beginning of June, and intercourse by way of post has stopped since then. Congress has decided to fit the America (the 74) for sea and will apooint a commander that day. There are no delegates from New York, consequently no movement on the Vermont affair. "[O]ur Exter friends with a little of deacon Worsters help have brot us into a damnd hobble." His private opinion is that nothing will extricate them from it save an agreement with New York to divid the grants by the height of land west of the Connecticut. He shall, however, act according to the instructions of the court [New Hampshire General Court]. In a postcript, he mentions that the British and Tory press say that America is not to be comprehended in the negotiations for peace, but that the contrary is to be releii on for truth. Also, that the Franklin arrived from Trinidad after a long passage, bringing a grand cargo, but no news. Dated June 25, 1781. |
Collection |
John Langdon Papers |
Object Name |
Letter |
Date |
June 25, 1781 |
People |
Langdon, John, 1741-1819 Livermore, Samuel, 1732-1803 |
Search Terms |
Philadelphia Grafton County (N.H.) Exeter (N.H.) Franklin (Ship) America (USS, 1782) |
Subjects |
Continental Congress Delegates Vermont Boundaries New York General Court Postal service Trinidad Cargo |