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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.060 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 9 January 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 34 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the progress on the armory Mr. Ames is establishing (see GLC03432.059). Asks Bryant to continue assisting Mr. Ames with the armory. Any cleaning and repairs to muskets are to be completed first followed by constructing muskets of the French Charleville design.

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

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