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Antill, Edward, 1742-1789 [Request for rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02518 Author/Creator: Antill, Edward, 1742-1789 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 15 September 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 16.7 cm, Width: 20.9 cm Order a Copy

Request for provisions for Canadian refugees. Countersigned by Henry Knox certifying that it was the orders of the Commander in Chief, George Washington, that the family of Lieutenant Colonel Antill should draw provisions. Note on verso signed received by Antill.

Antill, Edward, 1742-1789
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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