Autograph letter signed : Savannah, to Roger Sherman, Esq., 1777 May 16.

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Autograph letter signed : Savannah, to Roger Sherman, Esq., 1777 May 16.

Referring to the Constitution, with a postscript dated June 1, describing the duel of Button Gwinnett with Col. Lochlan McIntosh, in which Gwinnett was killed.

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Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793

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Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790

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McIntosh, Lochlan, 1725-1806.

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