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Cheever, Ezekiel, 1720-1793 [Receipt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00842 Author/Creator: Cheever, Ezekiel, 1720-1793 Place Written: Tappan, New York Type: Document signed Date: 23 August 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 10.2 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

Receipt for $2,500 accountable to Cheever, Comissary of Military Stores and Artillery. Written in Shaw's hand.

Cheever, Ezekiel, 1720-1793
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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