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Conant, Oliver, 1754-1843 to Jonathan Rice

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.037 Author/Creator: Conant, Oliver, 1754-1843 Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 23, 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 11.5 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Conant requests Rice to pay Samuel Conant, his father, all of Oliver's wages from the state of Massachusetts Bay for his army service in 1777. On reverse is written Samuel Conant, and "to Mrs. Abagail Ewing."

Conant, Oliver, 1754-1843
Rice, Jonathan, 1740-1829
Conant, Samuel, 1722-1788
Ewing, Abagail, fl. 1778

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