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Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777 to Ezekiel Cheever

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00536 Author/Creator: Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777 Place Written: Peekskill, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: February 27, 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 10 cm, Width: 19.1 cm Order a Copy

Asks Cheever to deliver "three coats & fifteen yards white duffle" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket states that "three Coats & six yds of W Duffell" were received. Endorsed by Jonathan Terry on verso.

Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777
Cheever, Ezekiel, 1720-1793
Hall, James, 1750-1819

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