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Ollivier, fl. 1782 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01698 Author/Creator: Ollivier, fl. 1782 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 November 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 23.4 x 19.3 cm. Order a Copy

Written by a Captain Ollivier, first name not mentioned. Asks Knox to give the Commissary an order for victuals to deliver to a soldier in his company named Louis Belange, his "ordinary provisions, being at Fishkill."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ollivier, fl. 1782

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