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Bradlee, David (1742-1811) David Bradlee's accounts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10460 Author/Creator: Bradlee, David (1742-1811) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 45 x 28.4 cm. Order a Copy

Includes account information between Henry Knox and the artillery officers serving under him. Covers February through April. Includes Ebenezer Stevens, Jotham Horton, Henry Burbeck, and Samuel Shaw, among others. Captains pay Knox for breeches, shalloon (a lightweight fabric), and other items (mostly cloth). Bradlee is sometimes spelled "Bradley" in other records from the era.

Bradlee, David, 1742-1811
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

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