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Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 to Elmer, Boyd, and Imlay

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03195 Author/Creator: Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 December 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.7 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by Lambert Cadwalader, John Beatty, and Jonathan Dayton, who along with Boudinot, were New Jersey congressmen. Discusses a proposal to have the New Jersey militia men who served in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion paid an additional three dollars. Also requests that the militia be sent home. Elmer, Boyd, and Imlay are associated with a "Committee &c."

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821
Cadwalader, Lambert, 1742-1823
Beatty, John, 1749-1826
Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824

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