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Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818 [Request for rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02396 Author/Creator: Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note signed Date: 18 August 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 15.9 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Request for provisions for Indians. Noted as written at Head Quarters. Countersigned by a Captain Joseph.

Joseph, fl. 1783
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818

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