- GLC#
- GLC00308.06-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- August 14, 1799
- Author/Creator
- Stoddert, Benjamin, 1751-1813
- Title
- to unknown
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Stoddert, Secretary of the Navy, discusses possibly his will with an unidentified recipient. States "Gordon is so great a Liar, that I conclude merely because he says otherwise, that the [will?] is in good condition." Docket on verso states "Ben Stoddert Philadelphia 14 August 1799." Also docketed below text.
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