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Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 [Provision return for Capt Thomas Patten's Company of Artificers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01916 Author/Creator: Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 13, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

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

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

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