Letter : Philadelphia, to John Taylor, Albany, [N.Y.], 1792 Feb. 13.

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Letter : Philadelphia, to John Taylor, Albany, [N.Y.], 1792 Feb. 13.

Feb. 18, 1792, letter to John Taylor of Albany, N.Y., introducing Charles Williamson, former British army officer and agent, 1791-1802, for a group of British land speculators who had purchased a 1,200,000 acre tract in western New York from Robert Morris.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 23 cm.

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