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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 to "Jesse Hunt or Samuel Huntington"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02505.06 Author/Creator: Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1813/12/24 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Brigadier General Cass authorizes the payment of a military account owed to Lieutenant Meek of the 7th infantry regiment. Colonel Huntington was a district paymaster and had been governor of Ohio. Cass would later become governor of Michigan.

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866
Huntington, Samuel, 1765-1817
Hunt, Jesse, fl. 1813

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