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Burnet, Ichabod, fl. 1778-1782 to Clement Biddle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.117 Author/Creator: Burnet, Ichabod, fl. 1778-1782 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 6, 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Addressed to Colonel Biddle. Encloses a bill from the tavern in Bound Brook that Biddle promised to settle. Reports that General Nathanael Greene directed him to inform that General George Washington will be at his quarters tomorrow evening. Wishes Biddle could find some hay and grain as the number of horses have risen since the wagons have arrived.

Burnet, Ichabod, fl. 1778-1782
Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
Burnet, J., fl. 1778

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