Letter from Richard Varick to DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York, requesting repayment of cash he has advanced for expenditures relating to the Internment of the Remains of the late General Montgomery

Subject Relates to Richard Montgomery American, born Ireland

Subject Relates to Richard Varick American

Subject Relates to DeWitt Clinton American

October 20, 1818

Not on view

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Title: Letter from Richard Varick to DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York, requesting repayment of cash he has advanced for expenditures relating to the Internment of the Remains of the late General Montgomery
Subject: Relates to Richard Montgomery (American, born Ireland 1736–1775 Quebec)
Subject: Relates to Richard Varick (American, Hackensack, New Jersey 1753–1831 Jersey City, New Jersey)
Subject: Relates to DeWitt Clinton (American, Little Britain, New York 1769–1828 Albany, New York)
Date: October 20, 1818
Medium: Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: Sheet (folded dimensions): 9 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (24.8 × 20 cm)
Classification: Manuscripts
Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Object Number: 54.90.1523
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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