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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02105 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1775 |
| Title | James Clarke to Nicholas Cooke regarding accurate records of recent imports and exports |
| Date | 27 June 1775 |
| Author | Clarke, James (fl. 1775) |
| Recipient | Cooke, Nicholas |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Government document |
| Content Description | Also signed by James Clarke. Apologizes for their delay in providing Governor of Rhode Island Cooke with accurate records of recent imports and exports that they are compiling. Thinks a more extended accounting would be more useful, and if Cooke and the legislature agree, Ellery and Clarke "will readily undertake the business and hope we shall be able to exhibit an account to August sessions." A Member of the Continental Congress from 1776 until 1785, William Ellery was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Cooke was Governor of Rhode Island from 1775 until 1778. |
| Subjects | Commerce Merchants and Trade Finance Economics Government and Civics Maritime |
| Place written | Newport, Rhode Island |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |