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Banks, John (fl. 1783) [Orders to appoint an Invalid to a position in the Military Stores Department]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01818 Author/Creator: Banks, John (fl. 1783) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: 9 January 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses an order to fill a position in the Military Store Department "from the Core of Invalides [sic]" for a span of eight days. Signed by Banks; countersigned by Samuel Shaw; endorsed on verso by [illegible] Truman.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Banks, John, fl. 1757-1790

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