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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 [An account of sleigh and horses bought from Colonel Timothy Pickering]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02905 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 4 January 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Pickering, Quartermaster General, attests that he received seventy dollars for "one second hand sleigh" and "two draught horses" from an unspecified buyer.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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