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Return of provisions issued to the Army, and at the different Posts from Wilmington to Newark inclusive

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02891 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1777-1783 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Lists provisions issued by Thomas Jones, Commissary General, Middle Department at posts from Wilmington, Delaware to Newark, New Jersey for part of July, and all of August 1777. Notes the total rations due for those months are "4,024,468" amounts drawn are "3,638,276" and the amounts retained are "445.597." States, "Total Issued in the middle department from July to Dec.r 31. 1777.....3.638,175 Rations."

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