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Knowles, Charles (d. 1796) Return of Clothing Wanting for the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02637 Author/Creator: Knowles, Charles (d. 1796) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 11 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.1 x 23 cm. Order a Copy

Lists men by name and items by type with amounts. Countersigned by Henry Burbeck.

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848
Knowles, Charles, ?-1796

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