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Walker, Benjamin (1753-1818) [Request for provisions for Indian tribe]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02258 Author/Creator: Walker, Benjamin (1753-1818) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 10 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 20.9 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

Request for provisions for four men in an Indian tribe. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, with a signed docket by Hendrick Solomon.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Solomon, Hendrick, fl. 1783

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