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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to Ephraim Fenno

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01955 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 February 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 20.6 x 16.8 cm. Order a Copy

Informing Captain Lieutenant Fenno that General Henry Knox is sending them a lock and key for the magazine to prevent further loss of goods and theft. Also notes that Knox would like a return of all of the stores as well, to keep track of what they have at Verplanck's point and what they need.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Fenno, Ephraim, fl. 1776-1784
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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