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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.066 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 April 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Requests Bryant sends 40 of his best French Arms with cartouch boxes and gun [worms] to Captain Edward Miller's recruits in Connecticut. Notes to take triplicate receipts upon delivery.

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

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