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1816 Receipt Book, US Arsenal Near Baltimore

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Post-Revolutionary War to Civil War

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1816 Receipt Book from the U.S. Arsenal Near Baltimore

1816 Book of Receipts from the United States Ordnance (Arsenal) Department, Extremely Fine.
This book is comprised of 57 pages of pre-printed receipts, two per page, 12.5" x 7.75", including 2.5 pages of filled-in receipts (the remainder of the pages are printed but not filled-in). Most of the receipts are for labor or sundry items, but one payment of $2.00 was for "...detecting a man in attempting to sell fraudulently, Public property and delivering the same at the U.S. Arsenal near Baltimore." Disbound, with some of the original binding still attached along the left edge. All of the receipts are in excellent, bright condition, except for the two on the final page, which are soiled on the exposed side. A unique piece of history.



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