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Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 to Benjamin Huntington

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02311 Author/Creator: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 Place Written: Norwich, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1788/08/11 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Responds to news from Huntington that Congress has chosen Baltimore as a meeting place, but agrees with him that this may not be the final location. Notes that a Colonel Samuel Abbott is very ill. Also informs Huntington that his wife, Anne Huntington, is sick. Abbott died later that year. This was a retained copy of the letter docketed by Samuel Huntington.

Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796
Huntington, Benjamin, 1736-1800
Huntington, Anne B., 1740-?
Abbott, Samuel, 1726-1788

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