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Anspach, Peter (fl. 1775-1783) [Account regarding Major David Mason and Thomas Mifflin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00739 Author/Creator: Anspach, Peter (fl. 1775-1783) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 8 December 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 18.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Peter Anspach attests "errors excepted" for Mifflin. Contains account information from 1775 for sundries. A note written by Jonathan Webb Checkley at the bottom of the page indicates to pay the amount to Colonel W. Smith.

Anspach, Peter, fl. 1776-1783
Checkley, Jonathan Webb, fl. 1778
Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800
Mason, David, 1726-1794

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