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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02311 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1788 |
| Title | Samuel Huntington to Benjamin Huntington |
| Date | 11 August 1788 |
| Author | Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796) |
| Recipient | Huntington, Benjamin |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Responds to news from Huntington that Congress has chosen Baltimore as a meeting place, but agrees with him that this may not be the final location. Notes that a Colonel Samuel Abbott is very ill. Also informs Huntington that his wife, Anne Huntington, is sick. Abbott died later that year. This was a retained copy of the letter docketed by Samuel Huntington. |
| Subjects | Health and Medical Congress Government and Civics |
| People | Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796) Huntington, Benjamin (1736-1800) Huntington, Anne (cb. (1740) Abbott, Samuel (1726-1788) |
| Place written | Norwich, Connecticut |
| Theme | Children & Family; Government & Politics; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Samuel Huntington, the first president of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was then the Governor of Connecticut. He was a staunch supporter of that state's ratification of the Constitution. Benjamin Huntington was a Connecticut congressman. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |