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Doughty, John (1754-1826) [Orders to supply rations to John De la Guin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02279 Author/Creator: Doughty, John (1754-1826) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 17 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

Order of eleven rations to be supplied to John De la Guin, soldier in the Invalid Regiment discharged and on his way to Boston, Massachusetts.

Doughty, John, 1754-1826
De la Guin, John, fl. 1783

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