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Dix, Nathan, fl. 1783 [Provision return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02338 Author/Creator: Dix, Nathan, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 28 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

A provision return for a prisoner of the Corps of Sappers and Miners. The prisoner is issued one ration for one day. Signed by Captain [Nathan] Dix and John Doughty, Fort Major at West Point. The docket acknowledges receipt of the contractors for New York and New Jersey and is signed by Joseph Libbery.

Dix, Nathan, fl. 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826

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