[Document listing ship provisions]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.077 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: August 1779 Pagination: 1 p. ; 14 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
Lists fresh beef delivered by Shadrack Ham to seamen returning from the Penobscot Expedition. Ships listed include the Hector People, Black Prince, the Warren, the Putnam, the Monmouth, and sundry vessels. The Penobscot Expedition (July-August 1779) was a failed American offensive against the British fortress at Penobscot (present-day Maine).
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