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Thomas, Joseph, 1755-1838 [Ordnance return for Captain Joseph Thomas's company]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00971 Author/Creator: Thomas, Joseph, 1755-1838 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 20 June 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 18.4 cm, Width: 33.6 cm Order a Copy

Return of ordnance and ammunition annexed to Thomas's Company, 2nd regiment of artillery, 20 June 1781. Contains a chart listing ordnance and ammunition. Underneath chart, a note indicates that one six pounder was surrendered at Saratoga while another "was taken at the storm of the British Lines near Sarratoga" [sic]. Docket appears to be in the hand of Samuel Shaw.

Thomas, Joseph, 1755-1838
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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