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Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Army rations issued to two masons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01944 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 22, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 13.1 cm, Width: 20.6 cm Order a Copy

Noted as a provision return for two Masons; at West Point, New York. Right edge is missing causing text loss. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement on the verso. Signature is missing due to missing right edge.

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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