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Niven, Daniel (1742-1809) Provision return for one Sergt & six masons employ'd in the Engineers Department at West Point, commencing the first & ending the eight day of January 1783 both days included

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01776 Author/Creator: Niven, Daniel (1742-1809) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 14.8 x 22.8 cm. Order a Copy

Return signed by D. [likely Daniel] Niven [some sources say Nevin], Commanding Engineer, and countersigned "By order of Gen [Henry] Knox", S. [Samuel] Shaw, Aide-de-Camp. Note on verso signed by John Green.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Niven, Daniel, 1742-1809
Green, John, 1730-1793
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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