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Bowler, Metcalf, fl. 1726-1789 to Joseph Clarke

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02503.03.01 Author/Creator: Bowler, Metcalf, fl. 1726-1789 Place Written: Portsmouth, New Hampshire Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1775/11/24 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 31 cm Order a Copy

Notes receiving 500 pounds to pay troops. Indicates that the money is nearly exhausted and he has yet to pay some of the Minutemen. Discusses other plans related to the defense of the colonies.

Bowler, Metcalf, fl. 1726-1789
Clarke, Joseph, 1719-1792

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