Thomas Paine letters and other material

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unitid

{"value"=>"4569", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 4569", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1779-1808", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1779/1808"}

date_inclusive_start

1779

date_inclusive_end

1808

keydate

1779

unittitle

{"value"=>"Thomas Paine letters and other material"}

physdesc

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Collection includes original and transcribed letters and other material by English-American political theorist Thomas Paine. Original material includes a January 14, 1779, letter to Henry Laurens with an account of \"monies rec'd since I have been in America,\" and a manuscript copy of the poem \"Castle in the Air.\" Transcriptions include the Laurens letter, as well as an 1808 exchange between Paine and London Corresponding Society activist Thomas Hardy."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Thomas Paine letters and other material, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Material was originally received as part of the Ford and Moore collections.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection includes original and transcribed letters and other material by English-American political theorist Thomas Paine. Original material includes a January 14, 1779, letter to Henry Laurens with an account of \"monies rec'd since I have been in America,\" and a manuscript copy of the poem \"Castle in the Air.\" Transcriptions include the Laurens letter, as well as an 1808 exchange between Paine and London Corresponding Society activist Thomas Hardy.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of John Pierpont Morgan, 1899.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Letters are published in The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine.</p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1779

date_end

1808

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