Speakman, Gilbert Warner, fl. 1771-1780 to David Hitchcock
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.106 Author/Creator: Speakman, Gilbert Warner, fl. 1771-1780 Place Written: Springfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: June 29, 1777 Pagination: 3 p. : address ; 23 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
States he has sent with Mr. Baker a large box of items he will need when he is in Brookfield. Requests that he receive it and not turn it upside down as there are bottles that could break. On the reverse someone has written a prayer. There are notes possibly about various accounts written on the first page and on the page with the address dated 1772-1778.
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