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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to John Ruddock

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01445 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 June 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 18.6 cm, Width: 15.1 cm Order a Copy

Written from "Head Quarters." Shaw writes to Ruddock, the Field Commissary of Military Stores for Fishkill, that General Henry Knox wants Ruddock to send Colonel George Reid, commanding officer at Albany, "twenty thousand musket cartridges for the use of the troops under his command." On the verso is an "Extract of a Letter" from Colonel Reid (spelled Ried), addressed to General Washington, and written in a different hand. This letter informs Washington that they are "almost Distitute of Cartriges in this Quarter - the few that are on Hand, are much too small, being made for the Militia Arms - I wish a Quantity of Musquet Ball, Cartrige paper & thread, may be ordered on as soon as possible - there is powder in Store sufficient for the present."

Washington, George, 1732-1799
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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