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23 lines, in ink, on 9x7¼ sheet, docketed on verso with notation "copy."

Retained, signed copy of a letter from Revolutionary War General O.H. Williams to Tench Coxe, Philadelphia merchant and sometime assistant secretary of the treasury. Williams thanks Coxe for assistance rendered his brother, "My thanks are due to you for your great politeness to my Brother, and particularly for your regret that he was obliged to return without renewing the contract. As it could not be obtained upon equitable terms, I am glad that he did not get it - even the terms proposed by himself were, in my opinion, founded upon pretty good information, too low. My Brother is sensible of the Secretary's impartiality and politeness..."