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Billings, Andrew, 1743-1808 [Receipt for cannon]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02196 Author/Creator: Billings, Andrew, 1743-1808 Place Written: Poughkeepsie, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 28 June 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Receipt of two brass cannons from General Knox by the hand of Captain Buchanan for engraving.

Billings, Andrew, 1743-1808
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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