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Lillie, John (1755-1801) Provision return for one captain lieutenant and police officer for the garrison of West Point

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09708 Author/Creator: Lillie, John (1755-1801) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 3 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 15 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

Captain Lillie notes that the return covers three rations a day for fifteen days commencing 1 May. Contains a note on page two written by Charles Fryer, who requests forty-five rations from the contractors for New York and New Jersey.

Lillie served as Henry Knox's aide-de-camp.

Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Miles, John, fl. 1780-1783
Fryer, Charles, fl. 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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