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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Return of the Tents & Camp Equipment, horses in General Knox's family.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01211 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 8 August 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Lists items of camp equipment and horses and their quantities on 15 August 1781 and 8 October 1781. Signed twice by Shaw. The Continental Army was then engaged in the campaign against Yorktown.

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

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