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Lewis, Morgan, 1754-1844 [Receipt for $10,000 for expenses during the War of 1812]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02499.13 Author/Creator: Lewis, Morgan, 1754-1844 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 1813/04/03 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Documents the receipt from Major General Henry Dearborn of $10,000 for the defense of the Niagara frontier. Lewis was a former governor of New York who served as the quartermaster general of the United States army and also as a major general on the Niagara frontier during the War of 1812.

Lewis, Morgan, 1754-1844
Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829

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