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This collection is made up of nine receipts for payments made by 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army largely in Wyoming Territory (W.T.) and Nebraska between December 11, 1876, and October 31, 1878. The bulk of the receipts were for purchases and expenditures related to the regimental band in 1878. They include receipts for musical instrument supplies such as silver keys and cocoa wood for clarinet, keys and an ivory mouthpiece for flute, keys and an ivory mouthpiece for piccolo, and a bow, case, strings, and rosin for viola. Two receipts are for extra pay to the band leader. A list of property belonging to the band is also present. Other receipts are for purchases of groceries and livestock (corn, onion, peas, beet seeds, turkeys, sheep).

This collection is made up of nine receipts for payments made by 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army largely in Wyoming Territory (W.T.) and Nebraska between December 11, 1876, and October 31, 1878. The bulk of the receipts were for purchases and expenditures related to the regimental band in 1878. They include receipts for musical instrument supplies such as silver keys and cocoa wood for clarinet, keys and an ivory mouthpiece for flute, keys and an ivory mouthpiece for piccolo, and a bow, case, strings, and rosin for viola. Two receipts are for extra pay to the band leader. A list of property belonging to the band is also present. Other receipts are for purchases of groceries and livestock (corn, onion, peas, beet seeds, turkeys, sheep).

Printed and stamped business headers include D. B. Beemer & Co. (Cheyenne, W.T.), Pole Creek Ranche (W.T.), Pease & Taylor (Cheyenne, W.T., with illustrated street view of the storefront), and Nicholas Lebrun, manufacturer and importer of musical instruments and merchandise (St. Louis, Missouri).

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