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Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 [Army prisoner rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01984 Author/Creator: Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 5 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 17.3 cm, Width: 23.5 cm Order a Copy

Lists men by regiment with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and John (illegible surname) with a note from Josiah D. Child. Place writ from note.

Andrew, Asa, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Child, Josiah, fl. 1783

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