Doughty, John, 1754-1826 [Request for provisions]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02230 Author/Creator: Doughty, John, 1754-1826 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 4 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.7 cm, Width: 23.1 cm Order a Copy
Return for provisions written by Fortress Major of West Point Doughty to the Commissary of Issues James Forsyth. Asks that 10 days of provisions be issued to John Mooder, a furloughed soldier of the Massachusetts Artillery on his way to Boston. Docket signed by a Christopher Midler that contractors delivered the rations.
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