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Wingate, Joshua, 1710-1782 to Major Stevens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.245 Author/Creator: Wingate, Joshua, 1710-1782 Place Written: Hampton, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 22, 1746 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 15.5 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Wingate informs Stevens that he has sent him the Governor's Warrant and prays Stevens will protect the frontiers, as ordered. Indicates that he has sent Stevens seven soldiers from Hampton, Massachusetts, ready "to march to Cantrebery," and asks Stevens to find three more.

Wingate, Joshua, 1710-1782

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