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Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 To Frederick Bates

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08030 Author/Creator: Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 Place Written: District of St. Charles, St. Louis, L.A. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 19 August 1809 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 31.9 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Testimony on behalf of Judge James Flauherty

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
Bates, Frederick, fl. 1809

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