Eleazer Wheelock Ripley letter, 1816.

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Eleazer Wheelock Ripley letter, 1816.

Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, stationed at the U.S. Army headquarters in Boston, Mass., writes to John Langdon Jr. concerning funds apparently for the army.

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United States. Army

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Ripley, Eleazer Wheelock, 1782-1839

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U.S. representative from Louisiana, army officer, and lawyer. From the description of Letter of Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, 1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449547 Eleazer Wheelock Ripley served in the United States Army as a general in the War of 1812, and practiced law in New Orleans and West Feliciana Parish, La. after resigning his commission in 1820. He was a member of the Louisiana Senate in 1832, and was later elected to the U. S. Congress in 1835 where he served u...