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Flood, Stephen, fl. 1778 to Benjamin Hewins

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.236 Author/Creator: Flood, Stephen, fl. 1778 Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 November 1778 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 21 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

Worries that some back home believe he has defected to the British side. Feels he has "as good a right as others" to the "town Bounty" this year, and asks Hewins to obtain the money and send it to him. Addressed to Hewins as "Treasurer of the Committee of Stoughtonham," today called Sharon, Massachusetts. A note, seemingly written later but in the same hand, states that the money should instead be sent to Levit Billings.

Flood, Stephen, fl. 1778
Hewins, Benjamin, 1747-1826
Billings, Levit, fl. 1778

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