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Niven, Daniel (1742-1809) [Provision return for sixteen carpenters drafted from the line, employed in the engineer department at West Point]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01793 Author/Creator: Niven, Daniel (1742-1809) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 4 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25.5 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

Return signed by D. [likely Daniel] Niven [sometimes spelled Nevin] and countersigned "By order of the Comdt", S. [Samuel] Shaw, Aide-de-Camp. Note on verso signed by John Allin.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Niven, Daniel, 1742-1809
Allin, John, fl. 1783

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