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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02100 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0057] April 1783 |
Title | Provision return for a mason hired by the engineering department |
Date | ca. 17 April 1783 |
Author | Cheesman, Joseph (fl. 1783) |
Additional authors | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
Content Description | Return for the rations of a mason employed by the engineering department from 9 April to 17 April. A total of 12 rations were issued for the eight days. Signed by Superintendent Joseph Cheesman and countersigned by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw. Docket signed by a Jacob Wight that the rations were received from a contractor. |
Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Revolutionary War Military History Military Provisions Continental Army West Point (US Military Academy) Artisans |
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 |