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Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) [Return of military stores]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01116 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Manuscript document signed Date: circa 4 August 1781 Pagination: 4 p. ; 33.5 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy

Return of military stores, possibly related to GLC02437.01115. Signed by Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores. Lists lead aprons, powder horns, sheep skins, wine, and other supplies and stores. Date, written in pencil at the top of pages one and three, was previously inferred.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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