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Stagg, John, fl. 1793 to: Tobias Lear

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.029 Author/Creator: Stagg, John, fl. 1793 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1793/01/10 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 19.8 cm, Width: 16.2 cm Order a Copy

Lear identifies the author as "Major Stagg." "Please to inform the President that Grand Joseph, one of the Indian chiefs died yesterday evening, and will be buried this afternoon." Docketed on address leaf.

Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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