Jonathan Trumbull A.L.S., Lebanon, 13 December 1779 : to Elbridge Gerry, Member of Congress, Philadelphia

Jonathan Trumbull A.L.S., Lebanon, 13 December 1779 : to Elbridge Gerry, Member of Congress, Philadelphia

Lebanon, [Conn.] 1779

[4] p. ; 33 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1989.1.389 M MB

"After what passed last Spring in Phil.a relative to me ... little did I think of being again called to a seat at the Treasury Board."|"My first thots [sic] on the matter were positively negative. I have since been persuaded to take it into consideration ...."|"I have now got into the midst of my brothers accounts. I shall be sorry to be diverted till I see them near a close."|Postscript on p. [3] is dated 13 December 1779 and concerns charges to Gerry listed in "the late Com.y Gen.l Trumbulls [i.e., Joseph Trumbull's] books."|Trumbull was an original member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati.|Page [3] is blank; page [4] is address leaf, part of which is missing at fold.

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