McClellan, Samuel, 1729-1807 to Thomas Hodgkins
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.046 Author/Creator: McClellan, Samuel, 1729-1807 Place Written: New London, Connecticut Type: Autograph document signed Date: 22 July 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy
Privateer orders to Lieutenant Hodgkins, Commander of the Whale boat Spy. Authorizes Hodgkins and his crew of ten to sail in the Long Island Sound in service against the British.
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