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Bushnell, David, 1740-1826 [Army return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02569 Author/Creator: Bushnell, David, 1740-1826 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 26 September 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 32.8 cm Order a Copy

Return for the corps of sappers and miners at Constitution Island, New York.

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

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