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Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 [Army Rations issued to Prisoners and Detachment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01930 Author/Creator: Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 16, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 23.2 cm Order a Copy

Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by a Captain Hopkins and by John Doughty, with an endorsement signed by Samuel Ackley. Place writ from note.

Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Ackley, Samuel, 1763-1861
Hopkins, Fl. 1783

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