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Hobart, Aaron, 1764-1818 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.022 Author/Creator: Hobart, Aaron, 1764-1818 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 December 1811 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 26.2 cm, Width: 20.6 cm Order a Copy

Informs his son that he needs to get supplies such as sand and glass. Mentions he is enclosing is a note from Joseph Hearsey with orders for Hobart to send a writ.

Hobart, Aaron, 1764-1818
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Dyar (lieutenant), fl. 1811
Hearsy, Joseph, fl. 1811

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