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Lillie, John, 1755-1801 [Rations request]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02660 Author/Creator: Lillie, John, 1755-1801 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 15 October 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 12.9 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Request to issue thirty packages of rations for John Vaughn of the Massachusetts regiment and his family. Includes a note of receipt on the verso signed by Vaughn.

Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Vaughn, John, fl. 1783-1794

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