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Partridge, Samuell to Peter Schuyler re: retrieval of captives

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02083 Author/Creator: Partridge, Samuell Place Written: Hatfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1707/04/02 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 30.8 x 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Partridge thanks Schuyler for retrieving a captive boy, and asks him to try to find any more that he may hear of. He also notes that he would greatly appreciate any information Schuyler may offer of the enemy's designs. Docketed on address leaf.

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