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Stores to be forwarded from Pennsylvania

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00960 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 2 June 1781 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Contains a detailed list of stores, including ordnance, turpentine, hammers, copper ladles, aprons, and wire, among other items. Docket, written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, notes creation at "Park of Artillery."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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