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Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Provision return for the department of masons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01879 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: January 25, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 21.3 cm Order a Copy

Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement signed by a man surnamed Hayden.

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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