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Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813 to Elisha Jenkins

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02505.34 Author/Creator: Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 July 1804 Pagination: 1 p. ; 28 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Forwards a document (not included) that he thought was already sent. Hopes Jenkins will excuse this slip as a mere accident. Embossed revenue stamp in lower right corner (page upside down) depicts a circle surrounding stars with the words "Com. Rev. C.S. XX Cents."

Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813
Jenkins, Elisha, fl. 1771-1851

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