Potowmack Company : report of John Mason, esq. to the Secretary of the Treasury, January 20, 1808. [1808]

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Potowmack Company : report of John Mason, esq. to the Secretary of the Treasury, January 20, 1808. [1808]

9 leaves ; 29 cm.

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