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Doughty, John, 1754-1826 [Order to supply rations to Peter McCoy]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02273 Author/Creator: Doughty, John, 1754-1826 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 15.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Order of eleven rations for Peter McCoy, soldier in the Invalid Regiment discharged and on his way to Boston, Massachusetts. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-Camp to General Henry Knox.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
McCoy, Peter, fl. 1783

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