Most of the letters were published in Congress at Princeton: Being the Letters of Charles Thomson to Hannah Thomson, June-October 1783, edited by Eugene R. Sheriden and John M. Murrin (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library, 1985).

The Thomson letter of 28 August 1783 was a gift from Patricia S. Jones on September 15, 2009.

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This collection was processed by Karla J. Vecchia in 2004. Finding aid written by Karla J. Vecchia in 2004.

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People

• Thomson, Charles (1729-1824)

Organization

• United States. Continental Congress
• Harriton House (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).

Subject

• Husbands -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 18th century -- Correspondence

Place

• Princeton (N.J.) -- History -- Revolution, 1777-1783 -- Sources.

Publisher

Manuscripts Division

Finding Aid Author

Karla J. Vecchia

Finding Aid Date

2004

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