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Letter from Mercy Otis Warren to Hannah Winthrop (letterbook copy), February 1775

Letter from Mercy Otis Warren to Hannah Winthrop (letterbook copy), February 1775 Manuscript

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    Manuscript

    38.5 cm x 25 cm

    From the Mercy Otis Warren papers, letterbook, 1770-1800, pages 74-75


    Letter from Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814), in Plymouth, Mass., to Hannah Winthrop (baptized 1727-1790), February 1775, supporting John Winthrop's decision to continue teaching mathematics at Harvard and not join the Congress, sharing that "we have much to hope from a meeting of the Delegates from all the Colonies" concerning "the fate of both Great Britain and America."