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Ingoldesby, Richard (d. 1719) to Mayor Peter Schuyler re: funds for an attack against Indians of Canada

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02033 Author/Creator: Ingoldesby, Richard (d. 1719) Place Written: Fort William Henry, [?] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1692/07/29 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 30.4 x 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Ingoldesby writes that he will have no trouble collecting money to fund an attack against the "praying Indians of Canada" Docketed on address leaf.

Ingoldesby, Richard, -1719

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