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Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803 [Receipt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04347 Author/Creator: Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 September 1789 Pagination: 2 p. ; 23.4 x 18.6 cm. Order a Copy

Receipt for 350 dollars given by Henry Knox to Sebastian Bauman for supplies furnished to the commissioners for negotiations with the Southern Indians. A possibly unrelated list appears at the top of the page in a different hand (perhaps that of Henry Knox).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

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