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Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791 Provision Return for the Armorers & Smiths Department Commencing the first & ending the tenth of Jany. 1783

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01823 Author/Creator: Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: circa January 10, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 23.2 x 23.5 cm. Order a Copy

Lists men by regiment and company along with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Blachley Webb and Samuel Shaw, and endorsed by Joel Johnson.

Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Johnson, Joel, fl. 1783

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