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Heart, Jonathan (1748-1791) [Provision return for the Carpenters Department]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01820 Author/Creator: Heart, Jonathan (1748-1791) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 10 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24 x 23.4 cm. Order a Copy

Lists carpenters (4 men, named) by regiment and includes rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Blatchley Webb and Samuel Shaw. Endorsed by Elijah Royce.

Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Royce, Elijah, fl. 1783
Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791

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