Parker, E.J., fl. 1783 [Provision return for fourteen men on duty at Poughkeepsie]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02454 Author/Creator: Parker, E.J., fl. 1783 Place Written: Poughkeepsie, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 September 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 16.6 cm, Width: 19.1 cm Order a Copy
Provision return written by Lieutenant E. J. Parker of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment. It notes that 14 men were issued a total of 210 rations from 1-15 September. Note on second page, signed by a Stephen Patterson with a mark, states that the rations were received at Newburgh, New York.
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