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Letter, Lewis Blanchard, Utica, New York to Mr Capt Abel Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont

Date

6 September 1812
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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6 September 1812

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Letter, Lewis Blanchard, Montreal, Lower Canada, to Abel Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont

Letter, Lewis Blanchard, Montreal, Lower Canada, to Abel Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont

Letter, Mark Blanchard, Nunda, New York, to Abel Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont

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Letter, Ben[jamin] Blanchard, Batavia, New York, to Hazen Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont

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Letter, Lewis Blanchard, Lima, New York to Capt Abel Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont

Letter, Lewis Blanchard, Lima, New York to Capt Abel Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont

Letter, Mar[k Blanchard], Caledonia, New York, to Mr Abel Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont

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