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Adams, John, 1735-1826 To James McHenry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08022 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: Quincy, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 September 1798 Pagination: 1 p. + doc. 25.1 cm x 20.1 Order a Copy

List of names for suggested appointments in the U.S. military [as officers], including a chaplain. "...George McDonald, General Whiting, a very respectable officer, James Cunningham, James Campbell, Lenas [?] Mugs Bradley, George Walters, General Morgan...Samuel Shuttleforth to be chaplain in the army."

Adams, John, 1735-1826
McHenry, James, 1753-1816
Cunningham, James A., fl. 1873

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