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Unknown to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.149 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 February 1822 Pagination: 1 p. ; 24.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Written from the Treasury Department & Auditor's Office. Asks for the papers in the case of Edward Morton to be returned. Hobart was helping Morton recover money owed to him for boats and arms he supplied (see GLC06313.143).

Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Carlene, Daniel, fl. 1821-1822
Wood, Wilkes
Blunts, Edmund M., fl. 1821-1822

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