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Bailey, Jacob, 1731-1808 to unknown recipient

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02669.024 Author/Creator: Bailey, Jacob, 1731-1808 Place Written: New Gloucester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 30 June 1808 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Jacob Bailey tells a number of soldiers to meet at the usual place of a parade. This document appears to be a copy written by a clerk.

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