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Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: difficulty obtaining goods for prisoners

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03371 Author/Creator: Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 Place Written: Camp, [?] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1778/04/20 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 30.2 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Boudinot states that he would like to purchase flour and wheat from Robert, Jr., but can not pay more than the regulated prices without permission from Congress. "The Sufferings of the Prisoners would make me do almost any Thing in my Power to relieve them, but here my Hands are tyed." Boudinot signed as the Commander General of Prisoners. Docketed on address leaf.

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