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Jones, Edward, fl. 1820-1824 to Samuel Frothingham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03159 Author/Creator: Jones, Edward, fl. 1820-1824 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: 1820/05/19 Pagination: Order a Copy

Requests that the attached notice from the Treasury be inserted on every second day into two major Boston newspapers. The notice is a manuscript document signed by Secretary of the Treasury William Crawford. It lays out the rules for the solicitation of bids for loans to the United States. One black and white bust engraving of Crawford included.

Jones, Edward, fl. 1820
Frothingham, Samuel, fl. 1820
Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834

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