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Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790 [Request for provisions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02626 Author/Creator: Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790 Place Written: New Brunswick, New Jersey Type: Autograph document signed Date: 7 October 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 12.7 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Request to issue six days' worth of provisions to eleven men of the Invalides. Countersigned by Moses Scott with a note stating receipt on the verso from Jonathan Foster.

Scott, Moses, 1738-1821
Foster, Jonathan, fl. 1783
Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790

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