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Doughty, John, 1754-1826 [Orders to supply rations to John McGuin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02280 Author/Creator: Doughty, John, 1754-1826 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Order of eight rations for John McGuin, soldier in the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countersigned by J. Lovely, Sergeant.

Doughty, John, 1754-1826
McGuin, John, fl. 1783

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