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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Order for beef]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01885 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note signed Date: 1 February 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 11.1 x 17.8 cm. Order a Copy

An order for twenty pounds of beef for General Henry Knox. Also signed by a man named William [Beetton].

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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