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Fowler, Samuel, 1747-1823 to Joseph B. Varnum

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03845.13 Author/Creator: Fowler, Samuel, 1747-1823 Place Written: Westfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 January 1814 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Asks Varnum to name him to a collectorship of the neighboring counties while reminding him how he had been displaced from another position. Illegible words inhibit proper interpretation of letter.

Varnum, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradley), 1751-1821
Fowler, Samuel, 1747-1823

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