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Dellezenne, Joseph (fl. 1783) [Army rations issued to Major Watters]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02010 Author/Creator: Dellezenne, Joseph (fl. 1783) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 17 March 1783 Pagination: 1 p. ; 8.1 x 23.2 cm. Order a Copy

Document providing 6 days of rations to Major Watters of the sappers. Authorized and signed by Captain Joseph C. Dellezenn and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw, Major General Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Shaw noted that these rations were "chargeable to his account."

Dellezenne, Joseph, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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