Wells, Benjamin, fl. 1783 [Provision return for army rations issued]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02248 Author/Creator: Wells, Benjamin, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 7 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.6 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy
Signed by Lieutenant Major B. Wells and countersigned by Fort Major of West Point Doughty. Provision return for four men from Captain Dustin's(?) Company of the New Hampshire line for one day. The unit had been "on command at Dobbs Ferry." A total of four rations were issued. Docket is signed by a James Gibson stating that the rations were delivered by contractors.
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