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Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790 [Request for provisions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02630 Author/Creator: Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790 Place Written: New Brunswick, New Jersey Type: Autograph document signed Date: 8 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 14.1 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Issues fourteen days' worth of rations for two men of the Invalids from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countersigned by Moses Scott and Jonathan Barnes.

Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790
Scott, Moses, 1738-1821

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