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Niles, Jeremiah, 1749-1829 [Receipt for a coat]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00547 Author/Creator: Niles, Jeremiah, 1749-1829 Place Written: Fishkill, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 11 March 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 8.6 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

States that one coat was received from Ordnance for Alexander Clark. Niles signs for it and writes that he will be accountable for it.

Niles, Jeremiah, 1749-1829

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