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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04338 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 August 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Recommends the bearer, Captain Rice, for a position in the public service. Briefly describes Rice's service in the war and his financial misfortunes.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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