Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Issue of rum to boat men]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02194 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 27 June 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 7 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy
Shaw requests that a quart of rum be issued to eight boatmen on fatigue duty. Two other illegible signatures appear on the document. Noted "Genl Ordr No. 5" on verso.
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