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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02016 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0056] 16-31 March 1783 |
Title | Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's company |
Date | 24 March 1783 |
Author | Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) |
Additional authors | Groom, George (fl. 1783); Lillie, John (1755-1801) |
Document Type | Military document |
Content Description | Return for rations of Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Artillery Artificers belonging to the Ordnance Department. 65 sergeants and privates received 1 1/2 rations per day from 21 March to 24 March for a total of 407 rations delivered (this included 17 extra rations). Signed by Captain Patten and countersigned by John Lillie. There are two notes on verso -- one signed by Captain Patten details the troops on furlough in his unit and the other was signed by Sergent George Groom, who stated contractors delivered the 407 rations. |
Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Revolutionary War Military History Military Provisions Continental Army West Point (US Military Academy) Artillery Sutler |
People | Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) Groom, George (fl. 1783) Lillie, John (1755-1801) |
Place written | West Point, New York |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |