LINCOLN, BENJAMIN. American Revolutionary officer. Autograph letter signed ("B Lincoln"), to John Lowell Esq., Peeks Kill, 27 June 1781.  4 pages, 4to. Lincoln, having raised a Militia to march south for the Yorktown Campaign, seeks the support of his influential friend.  He expresses concern over: "the fluctuating and uncertain state of the paper currency," which is hindering his Campaign: "Too much I think depends on the operations of this Campaign...The distracted state we are thrown into by a paper medium at a time when we have an army to raise, supplies to be provided and large debts to pay...will try the fortitude, patience and skill of every patriot."
LINCOLN, BENJAMIN. American Revolutionary officer. Autograph letter signed ("B Lincoln"), to John Lowell Esq., Peeks Kill, 27 June 1781. 4 pages, 4to. Lincoln, having raised a Militia to march south for the Yorktown Campaign, seeks the support of his influential friend. He expresses concern over: "the fluctuating and uncertain state of the paper currency," which is hindering his Campaign: "Too much I think depends on the operations of this Campaign...The distracted state we are thrown into by a paper medium at a time when we have an army to raise, supplies to be provided and large debts to pay...will try the fortitude, patience and skill of every patriot."

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LINCOLN, BENJAMIN. American Revolutionary officer. Autograph letter signed ("B Lincoln"), to John Lowell Esq., Peeks Kill, 27 June 1781. 4 pages, 4to. Lincoln, having raised a Militia to march south for the Yorktown Campaign, seeks the support of his influential friend. He expresses concern over: "the fluctuating and uncertain state of the paper currency," which is hindering his Campaign: "Too much I think depends on the operations of this Campaign...The distracted state we are thrown into by a paper medium at a time when we have an army to raise, supplies to be provided and large debts to pay...will try the fortitude, patience and skill of every patriot."

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