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Special order announcing appointment of William R. Dewey, Jr. (Ordnance Dept) to Quartermaster Corps, to report to Quartermaster General relating to “consolidation of procurement of cotton and leather goods” in the Purchase, Storage, and Traffic Division
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Document identity
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61091b029
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Special orders from War Department for William Richardson Dewey, Jr., 1918-08-27
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obj
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document
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1
Source metadata
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61091b029
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Special orders from War Department for William Richardson Dewey, Jr., 1918-08-27
description
Special order announcing appointment of William R. Dewey, Jr. (Ordnance Dept) to Quartermaster Corps, to report to Quartermaster General relating to “consolidation of procurement of cotton and leather goods” in the Purchase, Storage, and Traffic Division
date
["August 27, 1918"]
year
1918
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
reuseAllowed
creative commons
language
English
identifierLocal
Dewey-W-R_Orders-2
creators
Dewey, William Richardson, Jr.
Harris, P. C. (Peter Charles), 1865-1951
Marsh, Peyton C.
institution
Weston Historical Society
collections
Weston Historical Society, World War I Service Records, Weston Post No. 214, American Legion Inc.
subjects
War
Military personnel
World War, 1914-1918
Dewey, William Richardson, Jr.
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Documents
genreSpecific
orders (military records)
typeOfResource
Text
country
United States
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pageCount
1
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import
extent
1 item ; sheet 12.6 x 19.5 cm
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no
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ng456h92k
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c821nk02m
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38
schema:longitude
-98
notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Front of page has stamp “Commanding Officer” with adjacent writing “in Charge” / “Purchase, Storage & Traf. Div.”
Embossed with “Official Copy” seal
Associated items: Dewey-W-R_Photo, Dewey-W-R_Orders-1, Dewey-W-R_Orders-3, and Dewey-W-R_Orders-4
Other locations: Washington, DC
Associated names: Dewey, William Richardson, Jr. (order recipient); Harris, P. C. (Order official, Acting The Adjutant General); Marsh, Peyton C. (Secretary of War, General, Chief of Staff)
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61091b029
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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ac4d8d6140e56b08