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1. [Must have been written after he arrived in America in 1786]: "To the Citizens of America".
2 leaves folded to make a booklet of 8 small pages, with writing on pages [1]-[4] only.
Box 3, Folder 1
Appears to be the beginning of a draft of a speech; gives reasons for emigrating to America: "his heart was warm in the cause of America" and "he thought he could be more useful & more happy here than at home."
1: Correspondence
Correspondence from 1780 to 1813 (and possibly to 1824), primarily to or from Mary Skelton Minto (died late 1824). Correspondence from 1824 to 1843 primarily to or from Walter M. Skelton (died 1848). Later correspondence chiefly concerning Boyd family.