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Miller, James, ?-1851 [Statement of sales of the property of Captain William C. Baen]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.716.01 Author/Creator: Miller, James, ?-1851 Place Written: Vincennes, Indiana Type: Manuscript document Date: 9 May 1812 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Account of the sale of the goods and chattel of the deceased Baen. Lists shirts, stockings, vests, swords, etc., the amount sold for, and to whom they were sold. One listing is for a sword belt sold to William Henry Harrison (listed as Governor Harrison). Prepared by Miller as Baen's administrator.

Miller, James, 1776-1851
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Baen, William C., fl. 1811

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