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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02908.01 Author/Creator: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 September 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 21 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton asks Superintendent of Military Stores Samuel Hodgdon to check a return for military stores at New London, Virginia, that had been sent to him by Virginia Governor Henry Lee.

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

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