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Price, William, ?-1790 [Army Rations issued to Detachment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02050 Author/Creator: Price, William, ?-1790 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 17.6 x 23.3 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note on verso from Johnathan [Carley]. Lists provisions with issued rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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