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[Regarding an insurection on the Waldo patent]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09272 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1801 circa Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 34 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

States that Jacob Greeley took up arms in July 1801 to liberate prisoners, and that some of his fellow insurectionists now wish to nominate him so that he "may be made a justice." The docket is on a separate peice of paper.

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