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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08982 Author/Creator: Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: January 30, 1756 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Complaints against Mr. [Samuel] Waldo, stating that he has not held up his end of an agreement, and therefore the author is not obligated to stay and is seeking compensation as he turned down a lucrative post of Imperial Secretary in Germany to settle in this land.

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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