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An account of stores ordered to be sent from Philadelphia to the main army

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01029 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 7 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25.4 x 21.3 cm. Order a Copy

Lists skins, leather, ladles, and writing paper, among other items.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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