Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Army rations issued to prisoners]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02006 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Document signed Date: circa March 16, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy
Partially printed document detailing number or rations given to members of the [engineering] department from 9 March - 16 March. All in all, 18 persons from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Connecticut Regiments and the 3rd Regiment of Artillery, along with 1 independent mason were given 216 rations. Note on verso signed by a Jacob Gillet.
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