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Banks, John, fl. 1783 [Request for provisions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01860 Author/Creator: Banks, John, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 25 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 11.5 x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy

Request for a week's worth of provisions for one man detached from the core of Invalides. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed (with an "X") by Joseph Freeman.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Banks, John, fl. 1757-1790
Freeman, Joseph, fl. 1783

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