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Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 [Provision return for one man belonging to the ordinance department att one ration and a half per day]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01798 Author/Creator: Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: January 15, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 13.8 cm, Width: 23.4 cm Order a Copy

Return signed by Captain Thomas Patten of the artillery artificers, and countersigned "By order of Genl. Knox", John Doughty, Fort Major. Note on verso signed by D.S. [likely Dudley S.] Mercer.

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1738-1805
Doughty, John, 1754-1826

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