Geography: Fredericksburg

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Letter from Moses Myer to Robert Patton, January 3, 1799 Letter from Moses Myer to Robert Patton, January 3, 1799

A single-page letter written by Moses Myer in Norfolk, Virginia, to Robert Patton in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on January 3, 1799. Myer recommends a captain and his ship to Patton. The letter highlights Myer's prominent status as one of the wealthiest men of his time in Norfolk.