JEDDIAH STRONG - ALS 1775 to Jeremiah Wadsworth
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Jeddiah Strong (1738-1802) Strong served as a commissary for the Continental Army and was chosen a delegate to the Continental Congress from Connecticut in 1782-1784 and a member of the Connecticut convention that ratified the Constitution. 6” x 7 ¼”, three-pages, autograph letter signed, Litchfield, Connecticut, December 5, 1775, to Jeremiah Wadsworth. “…Three carters with whom I had contracted…are here loading pease & cannot be prevailed on to delay as they & the neighbourhood are suffering for salt and to induce them to carry the pease (supposing you wanted them)I had engaged them such loading backs without which they would not undertake so that now if they cannot have freight home I am undone…For all my trouble etc. I deserve & want a good reward or generous commission…I have no inclination to attempt to raise a fortune upon the article of salt….” Tipped to another sheet.
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