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Butler, John, 1749-1791 to Joshua Mauger

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03902.069 Author/Creator: Butler, John, 1749-1791 Place Written: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 December 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 26 cm Order a Copy

Responding to news of Michael Francklin's death. [Third digit of the year is difficult to make out, but Francklin died on 11/8/1782, so that seems likely to be an 8.]

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, 1718-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

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