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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Request for extra rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02038 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 29 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 6.9 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Request for three days' worth of provisions for two watermen. Creator signature illegible. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Robert Matthews. Place writ from note.

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

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