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Wilkinson, James (1757-1825) to Captain Camp

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02498.19 Author/Creator: Wilkinson, James (1757-1825) Place Written: Niagara, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 September 1813 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Requests supplies including "tents, Camp kettles, pans, axes & spades" for the New York militia's move to Maryland. Sent to Captain Camp at the department of the quartermaster general.

Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825
Camp (captain), fl. 1813

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