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Downe, William, fl. 1776-1779 [Supply list for officers in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00300 Author/Creator: Downe, William, fl. 1776-1779 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 May 1776 - 20 May 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Multiple receipt entries also signed by Eliphalet Newell, Thomas Waite Foster, James Furnivall, and Thomas Dean and other officers serving under Henry Knox. Notes items received by officers from Jonathan Pollard, the quartermaster of Knox's artillery regiment.

Downe, William, fl. 1776-1779
Frothingham, Benjamin, 1734-1809
Newell, Eliphalet, 1735-?
Foster, Thomas Waite, fl. 1769-1776
Furnivall, James, fl. 1776-1777
Dean, Thomas, fl. 1775-1778
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pollard, Jonathan, fl. 1776-1786

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