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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Return of shot and shells].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01240 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph document Date: 19 October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Lists shot and shells sent to the line, expended, and left over at Yorktown on 19 October 1781. Also lists shot and shells expended from 9 October 1781 to 17 October 1781 under the command of John Lamb, Edward Carrington, Ebenezer Stevens, and Sebastian Bauman. Henry Knox's copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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