Collection Highlights
Manhattan Rifles!
Date:
1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.055.3.226
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Museum Collections
Miranda to Pres. Adam, March 24, 1798
Object Number:
MSS.RufusKing.2
Date:
1798
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Paper: 12 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (31.4 x 20 cm)
Gallery Label:
Letter to President Adams saying that the Spanish-American colonists (Miranda's term) had unanimously resolved to proclaim their independence and to place their liberty on a firm basis, and so they wrote to the American government, which they invited to join them in the enterprise of Revolution.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society Library
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