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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Receipt for four hundred dollars received from Samuel Shaw]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00699 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 28 April 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 10.3 cm, Width: 16.8 cm Order a Copy

Receipt to Charles Knowles, and signed by him. Pertains to General Henry Knox's account.

Knowles, Charles, ?-1796
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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