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Benson, Joshua, fl. 1775-1783 [Request for provisions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02711 Author/Creator: Benson, Joshua, fl. 1775-1783 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 26 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.8 cm, Width: 20.9 cm Order a Copy

Request for one day's worth of provisions for four prisoners. Countersigned by John Lillie.

Bell, W., fl. 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Benson, Joshua, fl. 1775-1783

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