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Gay, Ebenezer, 1771-1842 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.118 Author/Creator: Gay, Ebenezer, 1771-1842 Place Written: Hingham, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 December 1821 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket : free frank Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Mentions that he had a meeting with the commissioners "under the Florida Treaty," referring to the 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty (annexing Florida), which was ratified in 1821. The bulk of the letter discusses a claim related to a bankruptcy case, and mentions "the late law of the U.S. establishing an uniform system of B y" and seeks Hobart's assistance in the matter.

Gay, Ebenezer, 1771-1842
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Soley, Saul, fl. 1821
Connors, fl. 1821
Holmes, Henry, 1703-1762
Scott, Daniel, fl. 1821

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