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Sheldon, Elisha (fl. 1782) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01586 Author/Creator: Sheldon, Elisha (fl. 1782) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 September 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23.4 x 17.2 cm. Order a Copy

Written in Bedford, in possibly one of two New York locations. Writes, "Your favor of the 4th instant has this moment come to hand, agreeable to your directions have sent a regt with Lt. [possibly Peter] Corne & the men that were with him to Col. Canfield." See GLC02437.01574.

Sheldon, Elisha, fl. 1782
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Corne, Peter, fl. 1782

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