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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.02456
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0064] 1-15 September 1783 
Title Order to issue provisions to one prisoner, written and signed by Captain Ebenezer Smith and signed by Captain Lillie
Date 1 September 1783
Author Lillie, John (1755-1801)  
Document Type Government document; Military document
Content Description Signed by Lillie. Written and signed by Captain Ebenezer Smith of the main guard and Lillie. Order from Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling Commissary Bell to issue one day's provisions for one prisoner, later of the 1st New York Regiment. Docket signed by a Jacob [Frost] stating the rations were received.
Subjects Muster Rolls and Returns  Military History  Military Provisions  Continental Army  West Point (US Military Academy)  Prisoner  
People Lillie, John (1755-1801)  
Theme The American Revolution; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859