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Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Provision return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02267 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 12 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by John Doughty, Fort Major. Provision return for Joseph Cheesman, Superintendent of Masons; employed in the forges. Cheesman is given twelve rations for eight days.

Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

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