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[Articles of agreement related to Brigadier Generals John Greaton, Henry Jackson, and several Massachusetts regiments]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01839 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: January 16, 1783 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 34.3 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Eleven articles discussing rations and what should be considered rations. Mentions that "[t]he Parties of the first part shall recive [sic] one Gill of West Indian Rum ... "

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