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Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.033 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 26 September 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank ; 24.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Colonel Pickering, Secretary of War, informs Captain Bryant that he has directed $1,200 be remitted to Bryant. Written from the War Office. Free frank signed by Timothy Pickering.

Captain John Bryant was the Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Bryant, John, 1742-1816

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