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Banks, John, fl. 1783 [Army Rations issued to Artificers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01943 Author/Creator: Banks, John, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 22, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 13.3 cm, Width: 15.8 cm Order a Copy

Request for a week's worth of provisions with the month's allowance of candles for a man from the Core of Invalides. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement on the verso signed by Joseph Jackson.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Banks, John, fl. 1757-1790

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