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Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 [Victualing Return for two Army Prisoners]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01851 Author/Creator: Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: January 21, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 17.9 cm, Width: 23.2 cm Order a Copy

Return notes regiment, number and rations issued for the two prisoners. Countersigned by a Captain Douglass and by John Doughty, with a note from Luther Reave. Place writ from note.

Andrew, Asa, fl. 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Douglass, Richard, fl. 1783
Reave, Luther, fl. 1783

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