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Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819 Invoice of Stores on the lines.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01242 Author/Creator: Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 19 October 1781 Pagination: 2 p. + docket Order a Copy

Lists quantities of ordnance on the lines at the siege of Yorktown. Frothingham was a Deputy and Principal Field Commissary of Military Stores in Henry Knox's artillery train.

Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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