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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00644 Author/Creator: Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: February 1777- August 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27 cm, Width: 20.6 cm Order a Copy

Lists accounts with several officers. Includes the account of a transaction with James Mease, Clothier General, located in Philadelphia. A note at the bottom of the page indicates that Measam removed to Springfield, Massachusetts in 1778. Top of document is missing.

Measam, George, fl. 1776-1777
Mease, James, fl. 1775-1781

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