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Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Return for provisions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02071 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 8 April 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 11 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

Return for the provisions of Major Waitter of the engineering department from 4 April to 8 April. For the five days of service, Waitter was given 7 1/2 rations. Signed by Superintendent Joseph Cheesman. Countersigned by Major General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Samuel Shaw. Docket signed by Cheesman saying contractors delivered the rations.

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