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Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 [Free Frank for a letter from Elias Boudinot to Lewis Pintard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08994.02 Author/Creator: Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Envelope Date: 16 October 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : free frank ; 34 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Envelope is pasted inside GLC08994.03, a copy of Boudinot's "Journal or historical recollections of American events during the revolutionary war."

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821
Pintard, Lewis, 1732-1818

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