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Treat, Samuel (d. 1777) to Ezekiel Cheever

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00533 Author/Creator: Treat, Samuel (d. 1777) Place Written: Peekskill, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: 13 February 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 12.1 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Asks Cheever to deliver "twenty five yards of that White Duffle you have in your possession & two or three coats" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket, signed by Hall, states that he received thirty yards of "Duffle," five coats, and "one Laced Hatt"

Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777
Hall, James, 1750-1819
Cheever, Ezekiel, 1720-1793
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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