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Cheesman, Joseph (fl. 1783) [Army rations issued to the Engineer Department]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02155 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph (fl. 1783) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Document signed Date: 1 June 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 34 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight.

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Wight, Jacob, fl. 1783

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