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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02068 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 7 April 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Lists items forwarded to West Point, New York for the artillery. Includes linseed oil, lead, wine and camel hair pencils.

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