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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02109 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0057] April 1783 |
Title | Provision return for artificers |
Date | ca. 24 April 1783 |
Author | Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) |
Additional authors | Lillie, John, 1755-1801 |
Document Type | Military document |
Content Description | Provision return for Captain Patten's company of artificers, which belonged to the ordinance department, from 21 April to 24 April. 69 soldiers were each given 1 1/2 rations a day for four days for a total of 432 rations issued. Signed twice by Patten on recto and verso. Countersigned by John Lillie, aide-de-camp. Docket signed by Dudley Mercer as quartermaster sergeant, stating that contractors delivered the rations. |
Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Revolutionary War Military History Military Provisions Continental Army West Point (US Military Academy) |
People | Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) 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 |