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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Certificate for Lieutenant John Thorp

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00815 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 6 July 1780 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 20 cm, Width: 15.3 cm Order a Copy

Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw and signed by him for Henry Knox. Certificate given to Lieutenant John Thorp of the Artillery Artificers regarding his entitlement to the depreciation of his pay.

Thorp, John, fl. 1780-1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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