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Unknown [List of expenses for carriages for guns, a Fort at Salisbury, and the town barge of Newburyport]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.459.08 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Newburyport, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: circa 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 29.5 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Date inferred from other items in the collection. Includes three separate lists of expenses. The first lists the names of persons involved in the cost of carriages for the guns. The second lists persons and costs pertaining to a fort at Salisbury. The third cites individuals and costs pertaining to the town barge.

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