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Miles, John, fl. 1782-1783 Provision return for one captain lieut and police officer for the garrison of West Point at three rations pr day for the month of January 1783

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01771 Author/Creator: Miles, John, fl. 1782-1783 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 14.4 cm, Width: 20.8 cm Order a Copy

Return signed by John Miles, Officer of Police, and countersigned "By order of the Comdt S. [Samuel] Shaw ADC [Aide-de-Camp]." Note on verso signed by Charles Tryer.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Miles, John, fl. 1780-1783
Tryer, Charles, fl. 1783

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