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Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 [Army Rations issued to Prisoners & Artificers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01905 Author/Creator: Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 9, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 16.8 cm, Width: 24.1 cm Order a Copy

Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Richard Douglass and Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Elijah Atwood on verso. Date and place writ from note on verso.

Andrew, Asa, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Atwood, Elijah, fl. 1783
Douglass, Richard, fl. 1783

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