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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Orders for Lieutenant Throop]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01054 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Dobbs Ferry, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 17 July 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Marked as a copy. Title from docket. Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp, provides instructions for Throop to take iron, wheels, and lumber to West Point. Mentions that Major [Sebastian] Bauman will assist Throop in procuring carriages from West Point. Indicates that Colonel Timothy Pickering will obtain oxen and horses for transportation of the forementioned items.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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