Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Benjamin Lincoln, 1778 Nov. 16.

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Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Benjamin Lincoln, 1778 Nov. 16.

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Sending him three new acts of congress and describing "the great scarcity of Gold & Silver & the many demands which there are upon Congress for both."

1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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