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Unknown [Subsistence account of Ensign Jacob Bailey]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02669.046 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Burlington, Vermont Type: Manuscript document Date: 30 June 1813 Pagination: 2p. ; 17.4 x 40.2 cm. Order a Copy

A subsistence account of $36.60 for May 1, 1813 to June 30, 1813. Copy of GLC02669.045. Signature of Jacob Bailey and handdrawn calculations on verso.

McCobb, Denny, fl. 1813
Walter Sheldron

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