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Unknown [Building plan]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10448 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketch Date: circa 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 40.7 cm. Order a Copy

Drawn colored plan for a powder magazine, with views from the side and front, with a scale. Docket written in Henry Knox's handwriting.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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