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List of Expenses Submitted to the State of New York, relating to the erection of a Monument to General Richard Montgomery, totalling £191.7.0 – audited by Peter Etting and Janus Nicholson

Subject Relates to Richard Montgomery American, born Ireland
January 16, 1788
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  • Title: List of Expenses Submitted to the State of New York, relating to the erection of a Monument to General Richard Montgomery, totalling £191.7.0 – audited by Peter Etting and Janus Nicholson
  • Subject: Relates to Richard Montgomery (American, born Ireland 1736–1775 Quebec)
  • Date: January 16, 1788
  • Medium: Pen and ink on paper
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (27.7 × 20 cm)
  • Classification: Manuscripts
  • Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.90.1530
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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