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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01967 Author/Creator: Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 15.8 cm, Width: 23.3 cm Order a Copy

Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by Ezra Selden and John Doughty with an endorsement on the verso signed by Charles [Coudon?].

Andrew, Asa, fl. 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Selden, Ezra, fl. 1782-1783

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