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Lillie, John, 1755-1801 [Order to issue provisions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02456 Author/Creator: Lillie, John, 1755-1801 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 September 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Lillie. Written and signed by Captain Ebenezer Smith of the main guard and Lillie. Order from Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling Commissary Bell to issue one day's provisions for one prisoner, later of the 1st New York Regiment. Docket signed by a Jacob [Frost] stating the rations were received.

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

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