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Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 [Army Rations issued to Prisoners]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01950 Author/Creator: Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 24 February 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 23.1 x 23.3 cm. Order a Copy

Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by John Buell and Samuel Shaw with an endorsement on the verso signed by Asa Andrews. Place writ from note.

Andrew, Asa, fl. 1783
Buell, John Hutchinson, 1752-1813
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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