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Sears, Peter, fl. 1783 [Army Rations issued to Artificers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02065 Author/Creator: Sears, Peter, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 5 April 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 23 x 21.4 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on verso by Dudley Mercer. Lists men by company with issued rations.

Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Mercer, Dudley S., fl. 1783
Sears, Peter, fl. 1783

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