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Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 to Elliot & Williams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01141 Author/Creator: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 Place Written: Legionville, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 18, 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21 cm, Width: 34 cm Order a Copy

Wayne pleads for supplies (particularly flour), decrying with great urgency having "been frequently without provisions" and claiming that "There must have been some fatal neglect or error somewhere." Elliot & Williams were suppliers for the army. Legionville was a camp in western Pennsylvania used by General Wayne during the Indian Wars of the Old Northwest.

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
Elliot & Williams, fl. 1792

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