ALS, 1838 March 20, Red Hook, N.Y., William B. Sprague, Albany.

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ALS, 1838 March 20, Red Hook, N.Y., William B. Sprague, Albany.

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Returns a document (not present) dropped out of a bundle that Sprague had shown him the night before, saying that it bears a name "too important to be left out of the collection." It has reminded him of the surrender of Burgoyne, which changed the course of the Revolution. Also mentions a letter from his friend Judge Ambrose Spencer, describing his travels in the South.

1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.

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