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Daniel J. Adams letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0001
Abstract

Letter from Daniel Adams to Walter Stone, Financier's office, Philadelphia, concerning the collection of rent from a tenant, personal details about the health of Adams' family members, as well as Adams's interest in procuring wholesale produce from the West Indies.

Dates: 1782 July 22

Patrick Boggan letter to Thomas Lawrence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0076
Abstract

Letter from Captain Patrick Boggan, Revolutionary War leader, to Thomas Lawrence about the purchase of land in "Willing's Town," an early name for Wilmington, Delaware.

Dates: 1748 July 20

Thomas McKean letter to Caesar Rodney

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0094
Abstract

Letter from Thomas Mckean, Signer of the Constitution from Delaware, President of the Continental Congress, and Governor of Pennsylvania, to Delaware Governor Caesar Rodney, concerning McKean's inability to act as Rodney's lawyer in a legal matter due to McKean's illness.

Dates: 1762 October 6

Charles Mifflin letter to Thomas Howard

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0077
Abstract

A letter of friendship, presumed to be from Charles Mifflin (signed "Nimrod"), on behalf of the Wilmington Fishing Club, lamenting the group's lack of replies to Thomas Howard's previous letters and their continued regard for him.

Dates: 1780 November 23

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Boggan, Patrick, approximately 1725-1817 1
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 1
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Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1