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Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1835-? to J. Willard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03305 Author/Creator: Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1835-? Place Written: Middletown, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 11, 1860 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Parsons, perhaps a descendant of General Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789), writes to Mr. Willard: "Herewith I send a copy of the correspondence between General Knox and General Parsons which you desired. I have compared the copy carefully with the original. You desire me to inform of the expence of copying- I have made no charges, in as much as the copying was done by my clerk to occupy a leisure moment." See GLC02437.03306 for the copies to which he refers.

Willard, J., fl. 1860
Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1835-?
Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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