Letter to unidentified "Gentlemen" and portrait, 1776 January 13.

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Letter to unidentified "Gentlemen" and portrait, 1776 January 13.

Bartlett forwards a Congressional Resolve [not included] for General Schuyler regarding pay for officers and soldiers who participated in the Canadian expedition. He informs his correspondents that an order of Congress regarding the raising of a regiment for Canada in the western areas of the colonies will be sent soon. A portrait of Bartlett accompanies the letter.

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University of Virginia. Library

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