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Hayward, Elijah, 1786-1864 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.073 Author/Creator: Hayward, Elijah, 1786-1864 Place Written: East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 May 1819 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 21.3 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the "petition for a viewing Committee on the subject of removing the court house" and states that there are "6 or 7 hundred signers" in his town. Also, mentions that he will send the petition when signed to Hobart as has been agreed, so that he can "give them all the attention they may require."

Hayward, Elijah, 1786-1864
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Young, Welcome, fl. 1819

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