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Dodge, Amite, fl. 1802 to Tobias Lear re: rumors of a covert deal for gun powder

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.049 Author/Creator: Dodge, Amite, fl. 1802 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1802/06/09 Pagination: 2 p. + address 19.2 x 8.5 cm Order a Copy

Dodge expresses concern that Americans were making covert deals for powder. "[A] letter has been intercepted from [illegible] to some of his friends here in which he says, By all means comply with the agreemt. with the Americans for Powder . . . . This is in every body's mouth." Docketed on address leaf.

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