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Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 to Samuel Storer re: personal news & desire to have his son Lincoln join him

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.166 Author/Creator: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 Place Written: Algiers, Algeria Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1811/10/24 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

Marked "Duplicate" on first page. Written in a clerk's hand with Lear's signature. Lear thanks his brother-in-law, Storer, for letting his son, Lincoln, stay in Storer's home. Lear sends for Lincoln to join him in Algiers.

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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