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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.057 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 August 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Bryant that in addition to the stores ordered from Bryant's post by the Secretary of War (Henry Knox) he is also to "speedily" forward Hodgdon 500 port fires.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Bryant, John, 1742-1816

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