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Unknown No. 3: Ordnance of Stores received during the Year 1780

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00865 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: December 1780 Pagination: 3 p. ; 33.7 x 20.7 cm. Order a Copy

Lists ordnance stores [muskets, bayonets, gunpowder, ect.] by date and indicates the source. Dates start on 7 February and end on 13 December. Date added later in pencil.

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