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Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 [Provision return of Captain Thomas Patten's Company of artificers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01874 Author/Creator: Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: January 29, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 21.4 cm Order a Copy

Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement by Dudley Mercer.

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

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