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Gay, Ebenezer, 1771-1842 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.195 Author/Creator: Gay, Ebenezer, 1771-1842 Place Written: Hingham, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 November 1822 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Discussing property claims resulting from a bankruptcy. Requesting Hobart's help in making sure he secures the amount of the property he desires. Also discussed a bankruptcy bill that may come up for vote again in Congress soon, and hopes Hobart's vote on the bill is "unbiased by local or partial considerations & influenced only by your conceptions of the probable effect of that measure upon the nation at large."

Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Gay, Ebenezer, 1771-1842

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