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[Invoice for rice shipped on Brig Fox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.113 Author/Creator: Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Document Date: December 8, 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Invoice and bill of lading lists 254 whole and 91 half barrels of rice shipped by A. Livingston on account of the United States. The Brigantine Fox was a Continental Transport ship, commanded by Owen Folger.

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