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Cogswell, Samuel (1754-1790) Provision Return for one Non Commission'd Officer, and six privates, belonging to the 7th Massachusetts regiment commissary and ending the 7th January 1783

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01810 Author/Creator: Cogswell, Samuel (1754-1790) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 7 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. ; 16.4 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

List of companies on duty at West Point, New York and the number of days and rations issued. Countersigned by John Doughty. Endorsed on verso by Peter Winsor.

Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Cogswell, Samuel, 1754-1790
Winsor, Peter, fl .1783

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