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Cobb, David, 1748-1830 [Orders to issue provsions to John Torrey]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02289 Author/Creator: Cobb, David, 1748-1830 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 15 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 10.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Orders to issue nine days provisions to John Torrey, a discharged soldier. Countersigned by John Doughty, Fort Major at West Point.

Cobb, David, 1748-1830
Doughty, John, 1754-1826

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