Shippen, Edward to Joseph Shippen, 1776 January 8
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Shippen, Edward to Joseph Shippen, 1776 January 8 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Shippen, Edward, approximately 1703-1781 | ||
| Recipient | Shippen, Joseph, 1732-1810 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Letter from Edward Shippen to his son Joseph Shippen about the King of England's speech. "I shall be very glad to see our good young King's Speech, th[] I don't expect it will be favourable to us, whilst he is persuaded by his evil counsellors, who neither fear God not hate []ness". Edward concludes the letter with a discussion of personal matters as well as a mention of a duel between "Livingston & Gordon" which both survived although one was wounded. | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | French | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Language | (fre) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Dueling | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Lancaster (Pa.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 3p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1776-01-08 | ||
| Date Captured | 2022 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-1781 | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.Sh62 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sh62-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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