Tristram Dalton Letter, 1775.

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Tristram Dalton Letter, 1775.

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ALS, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 21 October 1775 to Elbridge Gerry concerning: supplying ammunition and other goods to the Indians in Maine; the scarcity of powder locally; the schooner Britannia remaining in government service; pleads for a runaway sailor in jail. Letter also mentions George Washington.

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