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Cudworth, Melzar, fl. 1775-1806 to Zephaniah Cudworth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.630.03 Author/Creator: Cudworth, Melzar, fl. 1775-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 25, 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 30.2 cm, Width: 18.2 cm Order a Copy

Cudworth, impressed on board H. M. S. Asia, instructs his brother Zepheniah "what you do do quick for I hear we are a going to nan tasket ... " Letter addressed to Melzar's friend Joseph Otis in Boston. Includes some mathematical calculations near the address.

Cudworth, Melzar, fl. 1775-1806
Cudworth, Zephaniah, 1752-1827
Otis, Joseph, fl. 1776

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