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Lillie, John, 1755-1801 [Request for goods]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02471 Author/Creator: Lillie, John, 1755-1801 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 September 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 11.7 cm, Width: 23.8 cm Order a Copy

Order for one barrel of flour and twenty pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Apparently addressed to Mr. [William] Bell. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

Bell, Robert, fl. 1732-1784
Johnson, Jacob, fl. 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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