Letter to Lewis A. Scott, 1785 March 1.

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Letter to Lewis A. Scott, 1785 March 1.

Letter to New York Secretary of State Lewis Scott, stating that he needs to have access to the names, boundaries and dates of land patents, and that he will at times need transcriptions from the records. Written at New York, N.Y.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6831920

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