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Cudworth, Zephaniah (1752-1827) to Melzar Cudworth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.630.05 Author/Creator: Cudworth, Zephaniah (1752-1827) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 9.4 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

Informs his brother, Melzar, impressed aboard H.M.S. Asia "I have got a man to go in your Room If you go to Nantasket Road I Shall Come in a Sail boat to bring the man ... " Mentions Mr. Otis (possibly Joseph Otis), a friend of Melzar's. A small hole obscures some text.

Cudworth, James, fl. 1775-1776
Cudworth, Melzar, fl. 1775-1806
Otis, Joseph, fl. 1776

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