Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) to John Bryant
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.035 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 August 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 22.5 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
General Lincoln discusses selling certain items from the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Comments on the operations of mechanical and chemical stores. Notes that he has put Captain Hawes in charge of the artificers and that he desires Captain Bryant to be accountable for the laboratory. Discusses procedures related to ration returns. Letter is splitting along fold lines.
Captain John Bryant was the Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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