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Swartwout, Cornelius, fl. 1776-1783 Return of ordinance, ordinance stores, apparatus &c. &c. at the garrisons of Stoney & Verplanks Points- Kingsferry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10178 Author/Creator: Swartwout, Cornelius, fl. 1776-1783 Place Written: New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 28 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 16.6 x 128.9 cm. Order a Copy

Lists ammunition according to type of gun and other ordnance apparatuses. Noted on the lower left that "the Barge Went a Drift...in Last Storm." Signed by Swartwout, Captain-Lieutenant of Artillery of Kings Ferry.

Swartwout, Cornelius, fl. 1776-1783

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