Letter to unknown recipient [manuscript], 1785 November 20.

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Letter to unknown recipient [manuscript], 1785 November 20.

Lafayette writes to an unidentified recipient concerning duties on American whale oil. Thomas Jefferson is mentioned.

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University of Virginia. Library

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