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Greenleaf, Jonathan, 1723-1807 [List of expenses related to the construction of a fort on Plum Island]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.459.06 Author/Creator: Greenleaf, Jonathan, 1723-1807 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: October 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 39 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Lists expenses and materials needed for construction and maintenance of a fort on Plum Island, Massachusetts. Docket states that the fort was called "Fort Arnold." Lists expenses from June through October. Notes spikes, iron, material for chimney construction, hooks, a tiller, hinges, and staples, among various other items. Possibly created in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Greenleaf, John, fl. 1776

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