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Williams, A., fl. 1783 [Army return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02570 Author/Creator: Williams, A., fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 27 September 1783 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.9 cm, Width: 17.6 cm Order a Copy

First page hand written. Lists absent officers by status, rank, name and regiment. Also includes remarks for each person. Second and third pages partially printed form, with information filled in by hand. Return for the 2nd Massachusetts Foot Brigade. Noted as printed by F. Bailey in Philadelphia. Countersigned by John Greaton.

Greaton, John, 1741-1783
Williams, A., fl. 1783

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