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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's Company of artificers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09709 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 15 x 24.7 cm. Order a Copy

Signed on both pages by Patten. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who notes the receipt of provisions.

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1738-1805
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Mercer, Dudley S., fl. 1783

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