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Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) [Provision return of Captain Thomas Patten's company of artificers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01796 Author/Creator: Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 5 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 34.7 x 22.6 cm. Order a Copy

Return for more than two dozen men (named) signed by Captain Thomas Patten of the artillery artificers, and countersigned "By order of the Genl. Knox", John Doughty, Fort Major. Note on verso signed by D.S. [likely Dudley S.] Mercer.

Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1738-1805
Mercer, D. S., fl. 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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