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Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Army Rations issued to the Engineer's Department]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02025 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Document signed Date: 16 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 34.4 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Printed form with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Doughty with note from Jacob Gillet. Date and place writ from note.

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Gillet, Jacob, fl. 1783

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