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Finck, Andrew (1751-1820) [Request for rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02434 Author/Creator: Finck, Andrew (1751-1820) Place Written: Rensselaer, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 30 August 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 12.1 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned with a note by Pirum Ripley. Request for rations for British deserters from Oswego, New York. Noted as written at Fort Rensselaer, near present-day Rensselaer, New York.

Finck, Andrew, 1751-1820
Ripley, Pirum, 1762-1844

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