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Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 Provision Return of Capt. Thomas Pattens Company of Artificers Belonging to the Ordnance department att [sic] one thousand a half per day Commencing ?] January Ninth and ending Jany the Twelfth each day Inclosed 1783

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01817 Author/Creator: Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 9 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 34.9 cm, Width: 22.5 cm Order a Copy

Lists artificers by regiment and company along with amount of rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and endorsed by D. S. Mercer on verso.

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1738-1805
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Mercer, Dudley S., fl. 1783

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