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Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) [Commission of Richard Frothingham]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.065.01 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) Place Written: Yorktown, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 March 1778 Pagination: 1 p. ; 19 x 23.5 cm. Order a Copy

Appointment of Frothingham as Deputy Commissary of Military Stores by a resolve of Congress 11 February 1778.

Seller's notes: Frothingham was a well-known furniture or carriage maker from Charlestown, Mass.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

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