Smith, Thomas, 1745-1809 to Charles Smith
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01221.06 Author/Creator: Smith, Thomas, 1745-1809 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 1, 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 23 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Writes in detail about accounts to be collected (while he is on the judicial circuit) interspersed with family news. Comments on Revolutionary War certificates: "I think I can make more by buying Certificates while they continue so low at present...for I am buying only to sell again." There are some notes on p. 2.
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