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Otis, Samuel A., 1740-1814 to Tobias Lear re: Corbin Braxton as surveyor for the Port of Richmond

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.004 Author/Creator: Otis, Samuel A., 1740-1814 Place Written: New York Type: Letter signed Date: 1789/08/04 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.6 cm Order a Copy

Written in a clerk's hand, signed and docketed by Samuel A. Otis. Names "Corbin Braxton as Surveyor of the Port of Richmond in Virginia in the Stead of David Lambert." Docketed on address leaf.

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