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1776

Bradlee, David, 1742-1811

Manuscript document

Title: David Bradlee's accounts

Includes account information between Henry Knox and the artillery officers serving under him. Covers February through April. Includes Ebenezer Stevens, Jotham Horton, Henry Burbeck, and Samuel Shaw, among others. Captains pay Knox for breeches, shalloon (a lightweight fabric), and other items (mostly cloth). Bradlee is sometimes spelled "Bradley" in other records from the era.

GLC02437.10460

15 July 1776

Bradlee, David, 1742-1811

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Indicates that William Knox paid him for three months serve as quartermaster in Knox's regiment and request the balance owed be either payed to him or given to Isaiah Audebert. Audebert was a captain serving under Thomas Craft in Knox's artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00377

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