Scope and content
Correspondence with Carpenter Wharton from Henry Hollingsworth, Robert Morris, Joseph Trumbull, George Washington, Jeremiah Wadsworth, John Hancock, Richard Peters, George Clymer, and George Walton and transcriptions of all correspondence.
Dates
- 1776-1777.
Creator
- Wharton, Carpenter, 1747-1780. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
A member of a prominent Philadelphia family, Wharton (1747-1780) was appointed by the Second Continental Congress on July 6, 1776 as a commissary to supply rations to the Pennsylvania milita.
Extent
.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
General Note
Also known as the Saltonstall Collection.
- Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
- Hollingsworth, H. (Henry), 1737-1803.
- Morris, Robert, 1745-1815.
- Peters, Richard, 1743-1828.
- Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States -- History -- Sources.
- United States,. Continental Congress. Commissary Commission
- Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Wharton, Carpenter, 1747-1780.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
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2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)