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Boston, Sileas, fl. 1779 [Receipt for victuals]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.081 Author/Creator: Boston, Sileas, fl. 1779 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 24-29 August 1779 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed by many other men of various brigs returning from the Penobscot expedition certifying that they received breakfast or dinner at Thaddeus Broad's.

Boston, Sileas, fl. 1779
Broad, Thaddeus, fl. 1779

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