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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Certificate to Asa Copeland]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01759 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document Date: 22 December 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Certifies that Asa Copeland has been serving as a Conductor of Military Stores since 21 April 1779 and that he is still serving as such. He is therefore entitled to his pay and the depreciations of his pay during this period, deducting whatever money might already have been received from the public.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Copeland, Asa, fl. 1781-1783

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