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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02546 Author/Creator: Lillie, John, 1755-1801 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 20 September 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 9.4 cm, Width: 17.8 cm Order a Copy

Request for twenty pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family.

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

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