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Unknown [Burial of Samuel Waldo]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09210 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 31 May 1759 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 26 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy

An announcement of General Samuel Waldo's death. The notice describes the history of Waldo's death and the location of his burial. Noted on last page, "Printed in the N.Y. Historical & Genealogical Register for October 1882."

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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