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Various Archive of Captain John Bryant, Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts [Decimalized .001-.117]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1781-1794 Pagination: 168 items Order a Copy

Includes letters from Henry Knox (28 letters), Henry Jackson, Samuel Hodgdon, Timothy Pickering, Benjamin Lincoln, William Simmons, John Crane, and Jonathan Jackson among others.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Military History
Military Supplies
Military Provisions
Weaponry
Ammunition
Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion
American Statesmen
Government and Civics
The War for Independence

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