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Leonard, George (1783-1834) to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.053 Author/Creator: Leonard, George (1783-1834) Place Written: Middleborough, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 January 1817 Pagination: 2 p. : addredd : docket ; 19.2 x 15.2 cm. Order a Copy

States his interest in religious institutions and thus asks Hobart to write "a particular account of the exertions...at Hanover for the support of [illegible] their ordinances."

Leonard, George, 1783-1834
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Cooper, Joab Goldsmith, -1832
Hobart, Maria

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