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Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 to Clement Biddle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00297.02 Author/Creator: Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 24, 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 24.2 cm Order a Copy

Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, writes to Colonel Biddle, Pennsylvania Quartermaster General, regarding the transportation of President George Washington to Philadelphia. He instructs Biddle to prepare the vessel the New Line, as he wishes "to put the best Foot forward on this occasion."

Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800
Washington, George, 1732-1799
The New Nation, 1783-1815
President
Government and Civics
Transportation
The Early Republic

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