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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Richard Campbell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.152 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 26, 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Letter discusses obtaining clothing and related expenses for a newly raised regiment to be stationed at Fort Pitt. Requests an account of his expenditure of his $60,000 budget. Letter written at the War Office.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Campbell, Richard, 1755-1844

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