Letter
John Adams Smith to Marinus Willett, January 5, 1816
London 5th Jan 1816. Dear Sir, I landed from on board the Minerva at Liverpool on the 4th ulto. after a passage of twenty seven days was at London the…
Colonel Marinus Willett was an American military officer, politician and merchant who served as the mayor of New York City from 1807 to 1808. Willett is best known for his actions during the American Revolution, where he served as an important Patriot leader in colonial New York before enlisting in the Continental Army and serving in numerous campaigns in the Revolutionary War throughout the Northwest.
London 5th Jan 1816. Dear Sir, I landed from on board the Minerva at Liverpool on the 4th ulto. after a passage of twenty seven days was at London the…