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Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs, 1789-1872 to William S. Holabird

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05636.40 Author/Creator: Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs, 1789-1872 Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Letter signed Date: 11 July 1837 Pagination: 1p. : address : docket : free frank Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Ingersoll certifies that the the land of P. N. Fitzgerald and John E. Lunde is worth $2000 (writes in behalf of Gregory Anthony Perdicaris, recently appointed Consul to Athens, Greece). A letter from Perdicaris to Holabird is included on the same page, stating that the State Department requires Holabird to approve Perdicaris's bond.

Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs, 1789-1872
Perdicaris, Gregory Anthony, ?-1883
Holabird, William S., 1794-1855

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