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Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Provision return for masons hired by the engineers department]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02232 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 4 July 1783 circa Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 15.6 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Provision return for the superintendent of the Masons; employed by the engineers department. One man was hired for four days from 1 - 4 July 1783 for a total of six rations issued. Signed by Joseph Cheesman, a superintendent, and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as an aide-de-camp to Major General Henry Knox. Docket signed by a Jacob Wight stating that the rations were delievered.

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