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Parsons, Theodore, fl. 1776-1781 to Robert Bayley

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.460.09 Author/Creator: Parsons, Theodore, fl. 1776-1781 Place Written: Newburyport, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 1, 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Wishes Bayley to procure bandages, preferably "linnen sheets, partly worn" for him, by orders of General Sullivan. Verso states that Parsons received the sheets, and is signed by Parsons.

Parsons, Theodore, fl. 1776-1781
Bayley, Robert, fl. 1778
Sullivan, John, 1740-1795

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