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[Account of supplies for James Beveridge at St. George (present-day Maine)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09463 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: 1754 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 33.5 x 20.7 cm. Order a Copy

By order of Samuel Waldo. Lists spinning wheels, wool, spades, flour, quilts, ledgers, and axes, among many other items.

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759
Beveridge, James, fl. 1753-1754

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