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Clapp, Jonathan, ?-1815 The commissary for the Northern department to the Officers of Major Clapp's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.435.02 Author/Creator: Clapp, Jonathan, ?-1815 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: circa 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 20.8 cm Order a Copy

Date inferred due to this document's similarity to GLC01450.435.01. Lists officers' names, rank, days in service, and ration allowance, among other items. Clapp signs at the bottom of the page, certifying that "the several Officers above named actually served under my Command in the Northern Department agreeable to the several ranks and time above mentioned during which time they have drawn no more Provisions from the Publick stores than what is given Credit for in the foregoing Ration Accounts." Requests the recipient to pay Quarter Master Benjamin Clapp for the cost of rations.

Clapp, Jonathan, -1815
Clapp, Benjamin, fl. 1777

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