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Biddle, Clement (1740-1814) to Charles Pettit

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.618 Author/Creator: Biddle, Clement (1740-1814) Place Written: Preakness, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 July 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33.5 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Writes in earnest to the Colonel Pettit, the assistant quartermaster, about the status of money urgently needed to procure supplies for an upcoming campaign.

Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Pettit, Charles, 1736-1806

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