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Hasting, fl. 1783 [Provision return for army rations issued]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02352 Author/Creator: Hasting, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 31 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 25.8 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Captain Hasting of the main guard and countersigned by Major Shaw as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for one man belonging to the sappers and miners. He was given one set of rations for 31 July 1783. Docket signed by a Benjamin Warner that the rations were delivered by a contractor.

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