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Unknown A Return of Shells, shot and powder in possession of the United States and the Quantities of each deficient for the Service of the present Campaign, for Sixty days firing

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00830 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 24 July 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.4 x 43.8 cm. Order a Copy

Lists shells by gun size along with the quantity and number deficient. Also includes total cost of the shells only. Written at the War and Ordinace Office.

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