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Cudworth, Zephaniah, 1752-1827 to Melzar Cudworth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.630.05 Author/Creator: Cudworth, Zephaniah, 1752-1827 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 9.4 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Zephaniah informs his brother, Melzar, impressed aboard H.M.S. Asia "I have got a man to go in your Room If you go to Nantasket Road I Shall Come in a Sail boat to bring the man ... " Mentions Mr. Otis (possibly Joseph Otis), a friend of Melzar's. A small hole obscures some text.

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

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