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Hillyer, David, fl. 1783 [Provision return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02269 Author/Creator: Hillyer, David, fl. 1783 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 14 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 22 cm, Width: 27 cm Order a Copy

Signed by David Hillyer as quarter master and countersigned by John Doughty as Fort Major. Provisions return for twenty men of the Invalid Regiment, three women, and six children. States that the twenty men were detained on account of the Board of Inspections. A total of 104 rations were issued.

Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Hillyer, David, fl. 1783

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