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Swan, Caleb, 1758-1809 Statement of Colonel John Crane's old emission accounts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03900 Author/Creator: Swan, Caleb, 1758-1809 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 June 1788 - 19 June 1788 Pagination: 13 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 18.9 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Caleb Swan for John Pierce, Paymaster General, 17 June 1788 in the Pay Office at New York (front cover). Signed 19 June 1788 by Joseph Howell, [Junior] Assistant Commissary, in the Office of Army Accounts at New York (page 13). Includes details of John Crane's account with the United States from 1776-1779. Pertains to recruiting accounts.

Swan, Caleb, 1758-1809
Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798
Crane, John, 1744-1805
Pierce, John, ?-1788

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