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Pike, Zebulon, 1751-1834 [Request for one pound of musket powder]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04352.05 Author/Creator: Pike, Zebulon, 1751-1834 Place Written: Salem, New Hampshire Type: Autograph document signed Date: 16 November 1798 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 9.5 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Request made of the Conductor of Military Stores "for the use of the Officers of this Garrison" at Fort Pickering.

Pike, Zebulon, 1751-1834

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