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Crafts, Edward, 1746-1806 [Henry Knox in account with Captain Edward Crafts]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00298 Author/Creator: Crafts, Edward, 1746-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 13 May 1776 Pagination: 1p. : docket : Height: 19 cm, Width: 31.7 cm Order a Copy

Records cash received from Major John Crane in February and March 1776 and mentions the purchase of clothing. Crafts was a captain in Knox's artillery regiment.

Crafts, Edward, 1746-1806
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Crane, John, 1744-1805

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