Letters to Henry A.S. Dearborn, 1820-1822; bulk: 1820.

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Letters to Henry A.S. Dearborn, 1820-1822; bulk: 1820.

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Series of letters written in 1820 by T.M. Acosta addressed to Gen. Henry A.S. Dearborn. Acosta was an con-artist who described himself as a recent immigrant and detailed various needs for money. A note written by Dearborn on the back of an 1822 letter explains that Acosta also used the pseudonym Manero and received money from other Boston patrons.

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Dearborn, H.A.S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851

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Massachusetts politician, resident of Boston. From the description of Papers, 1802-1848. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405827 U.S. representative from Massachusetts, lawyer in Portland, Me., and army officer. From the description of H.A.S. Dearborn autograph letter signed, 1806. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71129499 Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), an officer in the Continental Army, was U.S. Secretary of War and ...

Acosta, T. M.

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