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Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Provision return for masons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02044 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 25 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 10.7 cm, Width: 13.6 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note on verso from Jacob Wight. Lists amount of extra rations provided for Masons;. Date and place writ from note on verso.

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

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