Letter, 1778 February 24, Hanover, N.H., to Gen. Gates, [n.p.].

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Letter, 1778 February 24, Hanover, N.H., to Gen. Gates, [n.p.].

Recommends his son, Capt. Smith, to be Secretary at the War office; mentions Wilkinson.

3 p. 23 cm.

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