Letter, 1795 October 8, Williamsburg, [Va.] to W[illia]m White, Philadelphia, [Pa.].

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Letter, 1795 October 8, Williamsburg, [Va.] to W[illia]m White, Philadelphia, [Pa.].

Concerns Episcopal Church matters and Henry Purcell's pamphlet Strictures on the Love of Power in the Prelacy.

3 p. ; 23.5 cm.

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