Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to John Bryant

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GLC#
GLC03432.034-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
July 26, 1782
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Title
to John Bryant
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 19 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

General Lincoln sends Captain Bryant a congressional resolution (not included) "relative to the department of military stores." Asks Bryant to fire the commissary of general stores and his clerk at the armory in Springfield and to take over the business of the facility: "I hope and presume you will not refuse it -- for whoever eats the bread of the public ought to be willing to perform such services." Written from the War Office. Letter is split along fold lines causing text loss. Fragile.

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