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Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Provision return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01927 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 13 February 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 7.6 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

Request for provisions for a man. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement on the verso, signed with an illegible signature. Date and place writ from note.

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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