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Unknown Return of ordnance, ammunition &c. in the City of New York

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02977 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 18 March 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 18.9 x 31.4 cm. Order a Copy

Lists numbers of iron and brass cannon, ammunition, muskets, and harnesses. Docket notes 17 March 1784.

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