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Lillie, John, 1755-1801 [Army Rations issued to the Engineer's Department]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02023 Author/Creator: Lillie, John, 1755-1801 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 24 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 8.8 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Request for six days' worth of provisions for Masons;. Signed by a Joseph C. [Dellezenne]. Countersigned by John Lillie with note from Robert Matthews. Date and place writ from note.

Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Matthews, Robert, fl. 1783
Dellezenne, Joseph, fl. 1783

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