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31 January 1783
Platt, Richard, 1755-1830
to [Robert] Forsythe
Request to issue one day's worth of rations for a month to a Jonathan Miller. Endorsement by Jonathan Miller.
GLC02437.01878
25 January 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Provision return for the department of masons]
Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement signed by a man surnamed Hayden.
GLC02437.01879
7 February 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Provision return for one man of Captain Thomas Patten's Company]
Lists men by company and includes rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.01880
13 February 1783
[Provision return for one man of captain Thomas Patten's Company]
Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement by Dudley Mercer. Date from note.
GLC02437.01883
1 February 1783
Banks, John, fl. 1783
[Request for provisions]
Request for seven days' worth of provisions for a man from the "Core of the Invalides." Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement by Joseph Freeman.
GLC02437.01884
3 February 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
to John Ruddock
Request that Ruddock "enter on the duties of [his] office or face a court martial."
GLC02437.01888
29 August 1864
Bope, Abraham, 1837-?
to Lydia Bope
Bope writes to his mother from camp in Chattanooga. Letter is faded and almost illegible. Mentions Union General William T. Sherman's position outside Atlanta. Refers to Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and John Hood.
GLC03523.03.22
18 December 1862
Goold, James, 1842-?
to John S. Goold
Writes to his father "by candlelight" because he was so busy during the day and states "I don't like to spare time to write." Informs that he has just come off guard and that they are camped at same place they were before the Battle of Fredericksburg...
GLC03523.05.05
10 January 1863
Writes to his father about guard duty and thinks that the worst part is how it disrupts sleep. Wishes he had more newspapers to read, although he is "very much obliged to you for sending me a box, whether it ever reaches me or not. I am much obliged...
GLC03523.05.06
13 January 1863
Goold, Theodore, 1844-?
Tells his father that he "is well at the present with the exception of a slight cold" and that he is standing guard in place of someone who is sick. He may get the job of carrying the mail, which he states "would be good exercise for me and make me...
GLC03523.05.07
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