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Blake, Edward (ca. 1753-1800) [Provision return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02260 Author/Creator: Blake, Edward (ca. 1753-1800) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 10 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.4 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

Return for ten sets of rations for one man commencing the first and ending the tenth of July 1783. Countersigned by John Doughty with a signed docket by Cott Hone.

Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Hone, Cott, fl. 1783

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