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[Journal of Congress]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00692 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: February 11, 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 8.6 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Lists payment for the post of commissary general, deputy, conductors, and clerks. Recorded as "Journals of Congress- Vol. 4. Page 86." On verso, "Mr. James Giles" is written and struck.

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