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Fletcher, Daniel (fl. 1818) to William D. Patterson re: decision to go to New Orleans

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04552 Author/Creator: Fletcher, Daniel (fl. 1818) Place Written: Lausanne, [Switzerland] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1818/06/19 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 25.4 x 20.3 Order a Copy

Fletcher writes that he has decided to go to New Orleans to try to procure a job in a counting house, and wonders if he could make the voyage on William's ship. Docketed on address leaf.

Fletcher, Daniel, fl. 1818
Patterson, William D

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