Source archive Tier A
Massachusetts Historical Society, Letter from John Eliot to Jeremy Belknap, [February 1795]
Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections Online. "Letter from John Eliot to Jeremy Belknap (on printed circular with queries about slavery in Massachusetts), [February 1795]." Jeremy Belknap papers; 30.0 x 19.0 cm. John Eliot answering St. George Tucker's queries, circulated by Belknap. Quoted from the Society's transcription.
Custody docket
- Record
- mhs-eliot-to-belknap-1795
- Type
- archive
- Trust tier
- A
- Status
- published
Sources are graded A (primary) / B (secondary academic) / C (secondary journalism) / D (tertiary or contested). See the manifesto’s Evidence Standard for full criteria.
The witness. A 1795 letter that records the charter, its signatories, the refusal, the excuse (“made clandestinely, in the first place”) and Eliot’s own verdict on it.
Provenance
- Creator
- John Eliot
- Published
- 1795
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- External record
- https://www.masshist.org/database/575
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