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Document 1788Largely illegible document discusses Pratt's disappointment, rations, commissioned officers, and a recently enlisted soldier.
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* I shall inform you [undecipherable] the my [undecipherable] every [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] return his [undecipherable] to that [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Largely illegible document discusses Pratt's disappointment, rations, commissioned officers, and a recently enlisted soldier.
Date
1788
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1788999940001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
John Pratt
commissioned officers
sergeants
soldier
Notable locations
westward
Notable items
complaints
rations
public supplies
recruiting
enlisted

