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Letter: Jacob Welsh to unknown addressee, January 23, 1792

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Identifier	atrm075
Title	Letter: Jacob Welsh to unknown addressee, January 23, 1792
Creator	Welsh, Jacob
Subject	City planning Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819 Letters Washington (D.C.) United States Welsh, Jacob
Description	Letter dated January 23, 1792 from Jacob Welsh to an unknown addressee. The letter, probably written to Thomas Johnson, who at the time was one of the commissioners in charge of building Federal City, presents Jacob Welsh's ideas on how to obtain a loan to cover the cost of building the new capitol of the United States. (Editor's note: Two pages (numbers 13 and 14) are written on different paper and were written probably at a slightly different time than the other 12 pages.)
Publisher (Electronic Version)	Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Holding Institution	C. Burr Artz Public Library, Frederick County Public Libraries
Date Original	1792-01-23
Date Digital	2003-08-26
Type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 14-page document, 24 x 20 and 32 x 21 cm.
Source	Ross Manuscript Collection (MR11), Maryland Room
Relation	Is Part Of the Ross Manuscript Collection (MR11), Maryland Room Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Coverage (Time Period)	1791-1800
Rights	This item is owned by the C. Burr Artz Trust. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Maryland Room, C. Burr Artz Library, Frederick County Public Libraries. Please call 301-694-1368 for more information.

Identifier	atrm075.001
Title	Page 1
Transcript	We the Commissioners appointed to erect the permanent Seat of Government of the United States do hereby covenant and engage to pay to [space left] or his Order one per cent on a loan of one million dollars, as soon as all the shares are subscribed and the first payment made into the bank of the United States which loan is in aid of the business to which we are appointed.

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