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Dunbar, Jesse (1760-1836) to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.104 Author/Creator: Dunbar, Jesse (1760-1836) Place Written: Scituate, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 January 1821 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank ; 24.4 x 19.9 cm. Order a Copy

Encloses a petition from N. Manson "for the remuneration of a fine paid Z[abdiel] Sampson." Discusses a bounty related to a cod law.

Dunbar, Jesse, 1760-1836
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Manson, N., fl. 1821
Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828

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