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Cheesman, Joseph (fl. 1783) [Army Rations issued to Prisoners & Artificers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01904 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph (fl. 1783) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 9 February 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 9.9 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

States return for a man from the "3 Rigt. [sic] of Artillery." Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Samuel Fullerton on verso.

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