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Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 [Army Rations issued to Prisoners & Artificers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01906 Author/Creator: Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 9 February 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 12.7 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer on verso.

Mercer, Dudley S., fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1738-1805

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