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[Pierre L'Enfant's expenses on behalf of the Society of Cincinnati]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04379.25 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Lists expenses related to L'Enfant's ten-week trip to France as an emissary of the Society of Cincinnati, during which time he arranged to have the society's diploma engraved and eagle insignia made. Some non-specific calculations appear on the verso.

L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825

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