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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to the Commissary

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01787 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 19.8 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

Writes, "Please to issue provisions, from this day to the 12th inclusive, to Benjamin Jenkins, soldier in the Rhode Island Regiment on command from Saratoga, he having been served up to the 31st ulto. as per certificate from Col. Olney commanding said regiment." Note on verso signed illegibly.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Jenkins, Benjamin, fl. 1783
Olney, Jeremiah, 1749-1812

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