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Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Army Rations issued to the Engineer's Department & Detachment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01903 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Document signed Date: 9 February 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.3 cm, Width: 21.2 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 Jacob Wight.

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

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