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Brown, Zephaniah, 1739-1810 [Provision return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02731 Author/Creator: Brown, Zephaniah, 1739-1810 Place Written: Saratoga, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 October 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 9.4 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Return of provisions for Baron von Steuben's steward. Lists items such as soap, salt and vinegar. Date from docket. Includes a note of receipt on the verso signed by Sergeant Samuel Cranston.

Brown, Zephaniah, 1739-1810
Cranston, Samuel, fl. 1783
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

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