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Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825 to Captain Camp

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02498.19 Author/Creator: Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825 Place Written: Niagara, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1813/09/21 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Requests supplies including "tents, Camp kettles, pans, axes & spades" for the New York militia's move to Maryland. Sent to Captain Camp at the department of the quartermaster general.

Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825
Camp (captain), fl. 1813

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