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Hutchinson, Israel, 1728-1811 to Samuel Holten

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.020.18 Author/Creator: Hutchinson, Israel, 1728-1811 Place Written: Danvers, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 19, 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Hutchinson, a soldier in the Continental Army, requests a receipt for the Quakers in the town of Lynn for the payment of soldiers. Lists two soldiers and the amount of pay. States he is in great need of it and asks him to bring it when he returns from Boston.

Hutchinson, Israel, 1728-1811
Holten, Samuel, 1738-1816

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