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Ingoldesby, Richard, ?-1719 to Mayor Peter Schuyler re: funds for an attack against Indians of Canada

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02033 Author/Creator: Ingoldesby, Richard, ?-1719 Place Written: Lake George, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1692/07/29 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 30.4 x 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Ingoldesby writes that he will have no trouble collecting money to fund an attack against the "praying Indians of Canada" Docketed on address leaf. Written at Fort William Henry.

Ingoldesby, Richard, -1719

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