Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to John Bryant
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.034 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 26 July 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 22.5 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
General Lincoln sends Captain Bryant a congressional resolution (not included) "relative to the department of military stores." Asks Bryant to fire the commissary of general stores and his clerk at the armory in Springfield and to take over the business of the facility: "I hope and presume you will not refuse it -- for whoever eats the bread of the public ought to be willing to perform such services." Written from the War Office. Letter is split along fold lines causing text loss. Fragile.
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