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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08747 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1 October 1798 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 30.3 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Lists the work done at Brigadier's Island for the month of September 1798 by the workmen's name, wages and employment. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

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