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Moody, David, fl. 1778-1782 [Receipt for bread]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.460.11 Author/Creator: Moody, David, fl. 1778-1782 Place Written: Newburyport, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 2 October 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

Receipt for "twenty five pounds eight shillings" of bread for soldiers' rations.

Moody, David, fl. 1778-1782

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