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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08744 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 7 November 1797-1 August 1799 Pagination: 2 p. ; 30.2 x 18.6 cm. Order a Copy

Accounts for the disposal of salt for Henry Knox by John Lillie. Lists transactions by date, recipient and number of bushels.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lillie, John, 1755-1801

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