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16 August 1781

Wetzell, Michael, fl. 1781

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sebastian Bauman

Second Lieutenant Wetzell reports on the poor state of ordnance and stores on board the sloop Liberty. The stores have sustained extensive water damage because of a damp, leaky hull. Declares, "Nor can I keep the Vessel afloat any longer On account of the Cables being so bad."

GLC02437.01135

28 July 1783

Wetzell, Michael, fl. 1781

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Provision return for eight men of the 2nd Regiment of Artillery. A total of 48 rations for six days is provided to the men from the 23rd to the 28th of July, 1783. In addition to Wetzell, the document is signed by Major Sebastian Bauman and Samuel Shaw, Aide-de-Camp to General Henry Knox. A docket on verso acknowledges receipt of the contractors for New York and New Jersey.

GLC02437.02336

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