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- GLC#
- GLC02437.02470-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- September 5, 1783
- Author/Creator
- Lillie, John, 1755-1801
- Title
- [Order for one gallon rum or brandy for the Knox family]
- Place Written
- West Point, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 10 cm, Width: 23.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Order issued by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, for the delivery of one gallon of country rum or the value of it in brandy to the Knox family. A Christopher Smith signed on verso that the rum was received.
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