Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Scope and Content
- Other Descriptive Data
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
John Forsyth papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- John Forsyth papers
- Dates
- 1835 February 5-July 24
- Creator
- Forsyth, John, 1780-1841
- Creator
- Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844, recipient
- Creator
- Mills, John, recipient
- Size
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2 pages :
Letter signed; Document signed
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may be retained by the creators of items, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law, unless otherwise noted.
Preferred Citation
Please cite this collection as John Forsyth papers (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.
Acquisition Information
Gunther
Scope and Content
Letter, from the Department of State, to Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States, Philadelphia: Levi Ellmaker, Charles McAlister, Edward D[uncan] Ingraham, and Stephen Allen commissioned as directors of the Bank (1835 February 5, Letter signed, 1 page). Washington; Document to John Mills, U.S. District Attorney: transmit to you the documents sent to this Department by the U.S. Consul at Cape Verde Islands, relative to the enslaved person carried away by Capt. Plaskett of the ship, Pacific (1835 July 24, Document signed, 1 page).
Other Descriptive Data
The John Forsyth papers are part of the Chicago History Museum's alphabetically arranged Small Manuscripts collections.