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Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.045 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 October 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 17.5 x 15.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes Bryant he has informed Mr. [Henry] Knox to bring the account of sales and the securities. Requests Bryant assists Knox.

Samuel Hodgdon had served as the commissary general of military stores during the American Revolution and a Colonel of military stores in the War Department after the war.
Captain John Bryant was the Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Bryant, John, 1742-1816

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