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[The account of Otis & Henly, to ascertain the amount of clothing supplied by them]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00970 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 15 June 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 20.8 cm Order a Copy

Lists clothing shipped on board Captain Hardie's ship, Olimpe, at Brest, France 15 June 1781. A separate list indicates artillery, ordnance, and camp equipage on board the Cybelle, ordnance stores on the ship Ruise, and medicines and instruments on board the Active. Shipped by order of [John] Laurens, special minister to France.

Laurens, John, 1754-1782

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