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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Army Rations issued to Watermen]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01946 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: February 23, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Issues two days' worth of provisions to seven watermen. Includes an endorsement on the verso signed by Robert Todd.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Todd, Robert, fl. 1783

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