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Brown, Bartholomew, 1772-1854 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.168 Author/Creator: Brown, Bartholomew, 1772-1854 Place Written: Bridgewater, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 March 1822 Pagination: 1 p. : address : free frank Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Sends Hobart a friend's land warrant in hopes that Hobart can sell it in Washington, D.C., where Brown comments that it might fetch a higher price. The land was in South Bridgewater.

Brown, Bartholomew, 1772-1854
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Coblesman, fl. 1819-1822

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