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Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801 [Provision return for a German deserter]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02497.09 Author/Creator: Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 3 December 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 11 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Order to issue four rations over four days to a German deserter. Verso states rations were received, and is signed by the deserter, whose signature is illegible. Signed by Jackson as Commandant of West Point.

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

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