Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Governor Caswell of North Carolina, 1777 July 30.

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Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Governor Caswell of North Carolina, 1777 July 30.

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Concerning the threatened occupation of Philadelphia by the British.

1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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