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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02300 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0061] 16-31 July 1783 |
Title | Army rations issued to Thomas Nelson and his family |
Date | 16 July 1783 |
Author | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
Document Type | Military document |
Content Description | Asks the commissary, James Forsyth, to issue rations for Thomas Nelson, his wife, and 2 children from 16-31 of July. Says that Nelson is a furloughed man from the Massachusetts artillery who was detained by the sickness of his wife. Nelson signed the docket stating that 64 rations were delivered to him. |
Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Military History Military Provisions Continental Army West Point (US Military Academy) Women's History Children and Family Health and Medical Artillery |
Place written | West Point, New York |
Theme | The American Revolution; Children & Family; Women in American History; Health & Medicine |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |