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Wright, J., fl. 1783 [Provision return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02254 Author/Creator: Wright, J., fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 9 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox.Provision return for four men employed in the ordnance department. Four men and two women were issued one and a half rations a day for four days. Docket note regarding rations signed by William Burrows.

Burrows, William, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Wright, J., fl. 1783

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