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Unknown [Commentary on Charles Turner's 26 March 1818 confidential letter to John Holmes]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05634.07 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1818 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.7 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Indicates that William C. Bradley, an agent of the United States under the treaty of Ghent to fix the boundary line between Maine and Canada, sought an explanation for Charles Turner's implication of him in his letter to John Holmes (see GLC05634.03). Reports that Turner claimed his comments were not in reference to Bradley.

Turner, Charles, 1760-1839
Holmes, John, 1773-1843
Bradley, William Czar, 1782-1867

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