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Wright, Jotham, fl. 1779-1783 [Army rations for the company of artificers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02709 Author/Creator: Wright, Jotham, fl. 1779-1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 25 October 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 21.9 x 30 cm. Order a Copy

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note of receipt on the verso.

Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Wright, Jotham, fl. 1779-1783
Toomy, J., fl. 1783

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