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Letter, Lewis Blanchard, Utica, New York to Mr Capt Abel Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont
Part of: Abel Blanchard Family Correspondence
Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries
The author, driven from Canada by the war, describes his travels from Montreal to Utica. Reports on the continued success of Benjamin's brickmaking business in Lima, New York, and on Mark's status as a "minnet man". Mention of military drafts and the location and number of troops around the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region.
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![Letter, Benj[amin] Blanchard, Lima, New York, to Mr Jacob Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-EA_5031%2FMSN-EA_5031-08.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.webp)
![Letter, Ben[jamin] Blanchard, Batavia, New York, to Hazen Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-EA_5031%2FMSN-EA_5031-12.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.webp)
![Letter, Mar[k Blanchard], Caledonia, New York, to Mr Abel Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-EA_5031%2FMSN-EA_5031-14.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.webp)