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Winchester, James, 1725-1826 to General Glasgow

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06997.023 Author/Creator: Winchester, James, 1725-1826 Place Written: Quebec, Canada Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 May 1813 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

The writer requests $1000.00 for himself and his fellow prisoners. States that he delayed this request in the hopes that a treaty would soon be signed and they would be released, but finds that they will need the money unless they are freed immediately. Written at Beauport

Winchester, James, 1752-1826

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