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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to John Ruddock

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01888 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 February 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 23 x 17.9 cm. Order a Copy

Request that Ruddock "enter on the duties of [his] office or face a court martial."

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

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