AL (draft), 1783 Oct. 2, Princeton, N.J., to Guy Carleton.

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AL (draft), 1783 Oct. 2, Princeton, N.J., to Guy Carleton.

Asks Carleton, commanding the British forces in America, to help his sister recover the papers of her late husband, Richard Stockton, which had been seized by British troops.

1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.

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