Series 23 - John Muir letter

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P/P155/71/23

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John Muir letter

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  • 06/12/1774 (Creation)

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The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, provided Kerby A. Miller with his copy of the original letter. In 2002, the original manuscript became part of the holdings of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania [collection number SC098].

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Transcript and reproduction of a 1774 letter written on behalf of a Mr. Calvert in Annapolis, Maryland (likely of the noble Calvert familywho were proprietary governors of Maryland prior to United States independence). Calvert is in search of a tailor but does not want anyone Irish.

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