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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Detail of guards in and about West Point

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01578 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 5 September 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 33.1 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

List of guards, broken down by department (such as sappers and miners and artillery). On verso is a "Detail of the despatched parties from the 2d Connt. Regiment," with the clerical signature of Heman Swift.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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