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Baubert, V., fl. 1781 [Certificate of pay] [In French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01008 Author/Creator: Baubert, V., fl. 1781 Place Written: White Plains, New York Type: Printed document signed Date: 3 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 17 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed. Certificate to pay Thomas Lloyd Halsey, a shipping merchant and French consular agent, for providing supplies to General Rochambeau's army. Note in English on verso signed by Halsey states: "Pay the contents to Mr. William Knox on order."

Halsey, Thomas Lloyd, 1751-1838
Baubert, V., fl. 1781
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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