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Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 to Tristram Dalton re: voyage across the Atlantic and arrival at Glasgow

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03767.02 Author/Creator: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 December 1793 Pagination: 2 p. : docket : Height: 18.4 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

Written to his business partner.

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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