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Deane, Silas, 1737-1789 to Samuel B. Webb

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02505.15 Author/Creator: Deane, Silas, 1737-1789 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 March 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 17 cm, Width: 16.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes to Colonel Webb, his stepson, to tell him to be careful in all his affairs. Also indicates that Congress may soon settle his own affairs. Deane had been accused of fraud in foreign procurement of military supplies while on a diplomatic mission in France.

Deane, Silas, 1737-1789
Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807

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