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Abstract | Nathan Rumsey (fl. 1777) was a courier of messages from the Continental Congress. The collection is a copy of a letter, 8 March 1777, from Nathan Rumsey in Paris, France, where he had helped carry dispatches from the Continental Congress, to his father, William Rumsey in Cecil County, Md., commenting on the arrival at Nantes of a packet ship bearing dispatches from Congress, on the sale of ships captured as prizes, and on French-British relations. |
Creator | Rumsey, Nathan, fl. 1777. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Nathan Rumsey (fl. 1777) was a courier of messages from the Continental Congress. Rumsey was the son of William Rumsey of Cecil County, Md.
Back to TopThe collection is a copy of a letter letter, 8 March 1777, from Nathan Rumsey in Paris, where he had helped carry dispatches from the Continental Congress, to his father, William Rumsey in Cecil County, Md., commenting on the arrival at Nantes of a packet ship bearing dispatches from Congress, on the sale of ships captured as prizes, and on French-British relations.
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Letter (copy), 1777Includes original finding aid. |