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Paine, Samuel Royall, 1744-1834 to William Atlin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.185.02 Author/Creator: Paine, Samuel Royall, 1744-1834 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: October 8, 1775 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 16 cm, Width: 16.5 cm Order a Copy

Hopes Atlin can get twelve or fourteen dollars by selling his sword, but would settle for ten. Says he has sent ink, paper, and powder, but has more. Says on Saturday evening "Wallis" fired "and put ten shot in the Hows on which is the chief damage he did."

Paine, Samuel Royall, 1744-1834
Atlin, William, fl. 1775

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