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Bartlett, Zacheus, fl. 1822 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.126 Author/Creator: Bartlett, Zacheus, fl. 1822 Place Written: Plymouth, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 January 1822 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Discusses bounty land for veterans of the American Revolution. Requests that Hobart obtain and send the warrant issued for Jonathan Bartlett's bounty, which had been approved but not issued. Also asks Hobart, if he can, to send the names of "1200 Massachusetts men who had not obtained that [Revolutionary War] bounty [land]."

Bartlett, Zacheus, fl. 1822
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Bartlett, Jonathan, fl. 1822

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