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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02356 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0062] 1-15 August 1783 |
Title | Provision return for three men employed in the Ordinance Department |
Date | 1 August 1783 |
Author | Wright, J. (fl. 1783) |
Additional authors | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794); Burrows, William (1758-1804) |
Document Type | Military document |
Content Description | Signed by Lieutenant Wright and Major Samuel Shaw as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for rations issued to three men from Lieutenant Wright's artillery artificer company employed in the ordinance department from 1-6 August. Return also includes two women. A total of 39 rations were issued over the five days. Docket signed by a William Burrows that contractors delivered the rations. |
Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Military History Military Provisions Continental Army West Point (US Military Academy) Artillery Women's History |
People | Wright, J. (fl. 1783) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Burrows, William (1758-1804) |
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 |