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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Certificate]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00883 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 8 February 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 18.1 cm, Width: 15.8 cm Order a Copy

Certificate verifying the appointment of William Pennington as a Lieutenant of the Second regiment of Artillery. Written at a Park of Artillery.

Pennington, William, 1757-1826
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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