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Anspach, Peter (fl. 1775-1783) [Receipt from Henry Knox to Thomas Mifflin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00568 Author/Creator: Anspach, Peter (fl. 1775-1783) Place Written: Reading, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document signed Date: 7 April 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21.4 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Account for 2,463 pounds 9 shillings 11 pence owed by Knox to Mifflin.

Peter Anspach was a Lieutenant in an artillery company from New York.

Auspach, Peter, fl. 1776-1777
Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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