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Abstract of provisions issued to General Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09810 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: October 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 33.1 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Appears to be a list of goods issued to Henry Knox throughout the month of September in 1783. Items include bread, flour, beef, soap, candles, country rum, rum, and salt. Title taken from the title of the document.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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