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Waldo, Samuel (1695-1759) to William Shirley

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10412 Author/Creator: Waldo, Samuel (1695-1759) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 28 June 1748 Pagination: 9 p. : docket ; 37.2 x 23.4 cm. Order a Copy

General Waldo writes to Shirley, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Objects to sending Shirley pay vouchers signed by captains serving under him. Hopes to be able to pay his men directly, and presumably to keep the records.

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