ALS, 1834 February 21 : Washington, to John L. Laurance.

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ALS, 1834 February 21 : Washington, to John L. Laurance.

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Acknowledges receipt of documents concerning militia at Jamaica and Brooklyn which called into question Marshall's account of the Battle of Long Island in his biography of Washington. Says if he had possessed the information, he would have omitted or varied the account.

2 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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