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Banks, John (fl. 1783) [Request for rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01968 Author/Creator: Banks, John (fl. 1783) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 14 x 14.2 cm. Order a Copy

Request for a week's worth of provisions for a man of the Core of the Invalides. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed (with an X) by Joseph Freeman.

Banks, John, fl. 1757-1790
Freeman, Joseph, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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