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Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 1760-1833 to Tobias Lear re: error at the Treasury Dept.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.016 Author/Creator: Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 1760-1833 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: 1791/07/11 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 23.6 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

"I have taken measures for correcting the error, which happened in the Settlement at the Treasury . . . " Written in a clerk's hand. Wolcott was the Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. Docketed on address leaf. Attached to GLC 2794.017.

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