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Foster, Jonathan, fl. 1783 [Receipt of rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02647 Author/Creator: Foster, Jonathan, fl. 1783 Place Written: New Brunswick, New Jersey Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 13 October 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 7.5 cm, Width: 16.1 cm Order a Copy

Issues 66 packages of rations for the New Jersey and New York lines. Includes a note on the verso from Moses Scott in Brunswick, issuing six days' worth of provisions for eleven men in the Massachusetts line.

Foster, Jonathan, fl. 1783
Scott, Moses, 1738-1821

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