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Unknown to Henry Simpson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06607 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript letter Date: 1 February 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31.9 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes concerning the lack of reply to his letters and the demand for lime, bricks and slate.

Simpson, Henry Jr., fl. 1796

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