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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to Royal Flint

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02156 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 10 June 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 21.9 x 17.6 cm. Order a Copy

Request for more flour as there is not "any in the store fit to be used." Noted received on verso.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Flint, Royal, 1754-1797

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