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Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 to Anthony White

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00092.03 Author/Creator: Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 3, 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Sends White his family's heraldic arms via White's cousin, John Tudor of Bermuda. "No. 103" appears at the top of the page. The recipient is possibly Anthony Walton White, an adjutant general during the Revolutionary War.

Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816
White, Anthony Walton, 1750-1803
Tudor, John, fl. 1784

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