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Meng, Christopher, fl. 1779 to John Fisher

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.412.08 Author/Creator: Meng, Christopher, fl. 1779 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: September 13, 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 19 cm, Width: 30 cm Order a Copy

Meng asks Fisher, who is referred to as a Storekeeper (but who was also an assistant deputy quartermaster and military supply agent) for a marquee for Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin, who "by the late high Winds has had his old one torn to pieces."

Meng, Christopher, fl. 1779
Fisher, John, fl. 1777-1802
Baldwin, Jeduthan, 1732-1788

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