Regarding Captain Samuel Nicholson request to draw rations at Boston

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Pickering denies Captain Nicholson's request to draw rations on the grounds that there is no commissary to supply one officer and none of the other officers draw rations at present.

Date

09/10/1795

Document number

1795091015056

Page start

131

Notable persons

Captain Samuel Nicholson
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
officers
recruits
Superintendent

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Boston

Notable items

rations
commissary
USS Constitution