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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Stores to be brought from Springfield

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00958 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 2-3 June 1781 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Pages 1-3 are written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Final page is written and signed twice by Brigadier General Knox. Docket notes "Articles order'd from Boston and Springfield 2 & 3 June 1781." Knox's notes pertain to the delivery of military stores.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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