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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02551 Author/Creator: Lillie, John, 1755-1801 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 21 September 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 12.3 x 23.3 cm. Order a Copy

Request for twenty pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Christopher Smith.

Bell, Robert, fl. 1732-1784
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Smith, Christopher, fl. 1783

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