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Letter from Ebenezer Hazard to Robert Livingston

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EBENEZER HAZARD TO ROBERT LIVINGSTON.

New York, August 29, 1776.

Sir: If it is possible, do keep a corps de reserve of the Congress' s order for us. Mr˙ Samuel Broome is to go to Connecticut this week for the purpose of procuring saltpetre; but if none can be had, we shall want your friendly assistance. Perhaps a letter from you to Congress mentioning the state of the case, would procure an order for the twelve hundred weight of powder, which would answer the same end. Nothing new this morning. Mr˙ Schenck carried a letter for you to Harlem.

In haste, your very humble servant,
Eben˙ Hazard.

To Robert Livingston, Esq˙, at Harlem.

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