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Eleazer Wales

Eleazer Wales was another member of the Committee of the Pay Table for Connecticut.

Out of the Mails

  • Hugh Finlay's Journey
    • William Goddard’s Constitutional Post
  • The Franking Privilege
    • Free B. Franklin Frank
      • John Hancock
      • Boston, 1765
      • Thomas Hancock
      • Lydia Hancock
    • B. Free Franklin Frank
      • Discourse on the Institution of Medical Schools in America
      • David Barclay
      • John and Mary Morgan
    • The Hutchinson Letters
    • Benjamin Franklin, Diplomat
    • George Washington as a Private Citizen
  • The Mails During War
    • Loyalist: Boston, 1775
      • Oliver DeLancey
      • John Watts
      • New York City, 1775
      • Providence, Rhode Island, 1775
      • Intercepting the Mails
      • Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 1775
      • Canada, 1775
    • Revolutionary: Valley Forge, 1778
      • Nathanael Greene to Joseph Webb, 1778
        • Joseph Webb Jr.
        • Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1778
        • Hugh Hughes
        • Fishkill, New York, 1778
      • Ebenezer Perkins to his Sister, 1778
        • The Philadelphia Campaign
      • General Howe
      • Quartermaster Department
  • To Pay or Not to Pay?
    • Hazard Letter, 1781
      • Dudley Woodbridge
      • Norwich, Connecticut, 1781
    • Williams Letter, 1785
      • Oliver Wolcott Jr.
      • Hartford, Connecticut, 1785
      • Eleazer Wales
      • James Millegan
      • Abraham Skinner
    • Troy Weight
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    • Colonial Handwriting Tutorial
    • Create Your Own Loyalist Seal
    • Create Your Own Revolutionary Seal
    • Fold a Colonial-style Letter
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‹ Hartford, Connecticut, 1785 up James Millegan ›

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