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Dellezenne, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Request for provisions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02012 Author/Creator: Dellezenne, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 17 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 9 x 16.9 cm. Order a Copy

Requests six days' provisions for a servant. Signed by Joseph C. [Dellezenne]. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Paul Barney on verso, signed with his mark.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Barney, Paul, fl. 1783
Dellezenne, Joseph, fl. 1783

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