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Anspach, Peter (fl. 1775-1783) [Receipt for 450 pounds/1,500 dollars and an account for clothing for Colonel Thomas Mifflin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00471 Author/Creator: Anspach, Peter (fl. 1775-1783) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: 8 October 1776 Pagination: 1 p. ; 7.7 x 11.1 cm. Order a Copy

Delivered for Henry Knox by Samuel Treat. Composed at Mount Washington.

Anspach, Peter, fl. 1776-1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777
Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

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