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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Orders for the issues of arms accoutrements and ammunitions

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01725 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 27 November 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Unsigned, but written the hand of Samuel Shaw. Lists, by date between June and November, orders given to issuers of supplies, such as Mr. John Ruddock, Commissary at Fishkill, and Mr. Richard Frothingham, Commissary at West Point.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

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