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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 A draft to the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00856 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 12 November 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

Title from docket, which is in the hand of Samuel Shaw. Requests better treatment of men in the military service and for their families. Content comprises Pickering's redrafting of those that have been struck form GLC02437.00855.

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