[10th Massachusetts regiment clothing account book]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.016.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1781 Pagination: 1 v. : 178 p. ; 18.5 x 15 cm. Order a Copy
Written from camp at Westpoint, Philipsburg, and Pigskill (possibly Peekskill) New York. Notes shoes, clothing, and blankets supplied to each of the soldiers over the course of the year. Contains signatures of the enlisted men with x marks, indicating illiteracy. A section of pages in the middle has been cut out. Book is bound. Dated April 21, 1781-October 1781.
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