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[Bill for milk to Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08547 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 30 March 1782-9 May 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 6.3 cm, Width: 17.4 cm Order a Copy

Henry Knox paid £1.14.8 to Abigail Welch for 52 quarts of milk. Welch signed the document with an "X" for her mark.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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