Unknown [George Measam's invoice]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00644 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: February 1777- August 1777 Pagination: 1 p. ; 27 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy
Lists accounts with several officers. Includes the account of a transaction with James Mease, Clothier General, located in Philadelphia. A note at the bottom of the page indicates that Measam removed to Springfield, Massachusetts in 1778. Top of document is missing.
In 1776, Measam was elected as commissary of clothing for the Northern Army.
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