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Unknown [Receipt for provisions issued]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00677 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 31 December 1777 Pagination: 1 p. ; 15 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Covers provisions issued from July-December 1777 in the Middle Department, "from Wilmington on the Delaware to Newark in Jersey." Also notes receipt of provisions from January 1778- August 1778 for the Middle Department.

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