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Meigs, Return J., 1782-1851 to James Winchester

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06997.005 Author/Creator: Meigs, Return J., 1782-1851 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 1803 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

The author asks Winchester to send a line to Mr. Th. N. Clark "to let him have the articles mentioned.

Winchester, James, 1752-1826

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