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Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806 to Lewis Nicola

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01862 Author/Creator: Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 January 1783 Pagination: 1 p. ; 23.3 x 17.8 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses provisions for a team of bargemen that he has recently dismissed and requests that a Elisha Davis be sent back to him once the muster is over as Davis was very helpful.

Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806
Nicola, Lewis, 1717-1807

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