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Budget sheet or scratch paper used for accounting

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.366 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Shows total expenditures per month including clothing, rations, and servants.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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