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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Invoice of Ordnance & Military Stores forwarded to the Southern Army.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01168 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 7 September 1781 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Order a Copy

Addressed to Richard Frothingham, Esq. The ordnance listed was for the siege of Yorktown, which began later that month. Hodgdon was the commissary general of military stores. This was Henry Knox's copy, docketed by Samuel Shaw.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

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