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Doughty, John (1754-1826) [Orders to supply rations to William Thomelson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02275 Author/Creator: Doughty, John (1754-1826) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 6.5 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Order of sixteen rations for William Thomelson, Captain in the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Annapolis, Maryland.

Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Thomeslon, William, fl. 1783

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