Wright, J., fl. 1783 [Provisions returns]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02342 Author/Creator: Wright, J., fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 29 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33.5 x 22 cm. Order a Copy
Two provisions returns. The first return is for four and one half rations for three male employees in the Ordinance Department. The second is for one man of the Ordinance Department for three half rations. Both returns are signed by Lietenant J. Wright and Samuel Shaw, Aide-de-Camp to General Knox. A docket on the verso acknowledges receipt from the contractors for New York and New Jersey and is signed by Nell McKoy.
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