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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Letter from Gideon Lamb to Jethro Sumner [Extract]
Lamb, Gideon, 1741-1781
1780
Volume 14, Page 770

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COL. GIDEON LAMB TO GEN. JETHRO SUMNER.

“I am perplexed much in this quarter with the Militia officers. Cannot get them to do their duty, as to selling the estates of those who are able to hire substitutes.”