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Collection Reference Number GLC02471.44
From Archive Folder Items relating to members of Continental Congress, including Congress of 1774 
Title Henry Wisner to Simeon De Witt re: land grant
Date 10 January 1791
Author Wisner, Henry (1720-1790)  
Recipient De Witt, Simon  
Document Type Correspondence; Land transaction document
Content Description Possibly the son of Continental Congress member Henry Wisner. (The elder Wisner died in 1790).
Subjects American Statesmen  Land Transaction  
People Wisner, Henry (1720-1790)  
Theme Government & Politics; Creating a New Government
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information WISNER, Henry, (1720-1790), Delegate from New York; assistant justice of the court of common pleas; member of the colonial assembly 1759-1769; delegate to the New York provincial convention in 1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1775-1776; voted for the Declaration of Independence, but was absent at the time it was signed, attending the Provincial Congress in New York, to which he had just been elected; member of the Provincial Congress in 1776 and 1777; erected three powder mills in the vicinity of Goshen, Orange County, N.Y., and supplied powder to the Continental Army during the Revolution; one of the committee that framed the first constitution of New York in 1777; member of the commission to provide for fortifying the Hudson River in 1777 and 1778; served in the State senate 1777-1782; established an academy at Goshen in 1784; member of the first board of regents of the University of the State of New York 1784-1787; served as a member of the State ratification convention in 1788. (excerpted from bioguide.congress.gov)
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859