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Chaloner, Walter, fl. 1730-1752 [Order to pay an account for a speaking trumpet for use at Fort George]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.279 Author/Creator: Chaloner, Walter, fl. 1730-1752 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 3 November 1752 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Sent to Joseph Burrill and to be drawn by Rhode Island's General Treasurer Thomas Richardson. Written during the French and Indian War.

Chaloner, Walter, fl. 1730-1752
Burrill, Joseph, fl. 1752
Richardson, Thomas, fl. 1752-1761

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