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Unknown A Provision Return for the Commdt. Bargemen Commencing the 9th and Ending 12th Jany. 1783

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01828 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 9 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 22.8 x 18.1 cm. Order a Copy

Lists men by regiment and company. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and endorsed by John Robertson. Date and place writ from note.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Robertson, John, fl. 1776-1783

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