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Letter from Thomas Burke to Robert Peebles
Burke, Thomas, ca. 1747-1783
March 22, 1782
Volume 16, Page 554

GOV. THOS. BURKE TO MAJOR PEEBLES.

March 22d, 1782.

A Waggon is wanted for transporting Stores to Hillsborough, and those in your Care being, I suppose, more at Leisure than any other, You will be so good as to let Mr. Steele, the Commissary General’s Assistant, have one of them, to be paid for by the Public in the Same Manner as any other Waggon, the Settlement shall be with you.

I am yr. Obt. St.,
THOS BURKE.