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Place, Frances G? 1 letter to "My Dear Cousin"

Description

Also: letter from Place to "My Dear Cousin," 1859, Sep. 1 fragment.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1859, Aug. 2
Call number
HM 36872
Creator
Galloway, Joseph (1731-1803)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description
Also included are copies of newspaper publications regarding the trial of Abraham Carlisle and John Roberts convicted of treason in 1779, a note about "a party of Rebel Troops" raiding Joseph Galloway's house in 1779, and a newspaper clipping related to Sir William Howe's attack on Joseph Galloway (1780, Nov. 11).
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's, Nov. 20, 1972.
Associated people
Abel, James, (-1790.)
Collier, Ann, (active 1779-1782.)
Galloway, Grace Growden, (-1789.)
Thompson, John, (1744-1819.)
Thompson, John James, (1815-1875.)
Metford, Ellis Button.
Nickleson, Thomas.
Roberts, Elizabeth Galloway.
Ross, Charles Bayne Hodgson.
Galloway (Family)
Growden (Family)
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