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Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 Army Rations issued to Prisoners & Detachment

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01929 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: 16.3 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer. Date and place writ from note.

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

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