Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Army rations issued to Thomas Nelson and his family]

GLC02437.02300

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GLC#
GLC02437.02300-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
16 July 1783
Author/Creator
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Title
[Army rations issued to Thomas Nelson and his family]
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 10.3 cm, Width: 17.3 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Asks the commissary, James Forsyth, to issue rations for Thomas Nelson, his wife, and 2 children from 16-31 of July. Says that Nelson is a furloughed man from the Massachusetts artillery who was detained by the sickness of his wife. Nelson signed the docket stating that 64 rations were delivered to him.

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