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Dean, Moses, fl. 1782-1783 [Army Rations issued to Engineer's Department]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01881 Author/Creator: Dean, Moses, fl. 1782-1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 1, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 21.9 cm Order a Copy

Printed form with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and [unknown] Woodsworth.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Woodworth, fl. 1783
Dean, Moses, fl. 1782-1783

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