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Moore, Thomas Patrick, 1797-1853 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03481.04 Author/Creator: Moore, Thomas Patrick, 1797-1853 Place Written: Harrodsburg, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 June 1819 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25.6 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Informs an unknown recipient: "Eccles has returned is unable to [?] or do anything else- Smashed by his produce speculations- This was to me a totally unexpected event- I may save it in time, but doubt it. Expecting to be at Lexington must constitute my apology for not writing earlier..." Docket states: "T. P. Moore- Private soldier in 1812 member of Congress many years- One of Genl [Jenkins?] pets- Sent Minister to Bogota..."

Moore, Thomas Patrick, 1797-1853

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