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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Note of provisions received for Knox's family]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02209 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: June 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 16.8 cm Order a Copy

Return written for General Henry Knox by Major Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Lists items received from James Forsyth, Commissary of Issues at West Point, during the month of June 1783 for Knox's family. The list includes: 196 pounds of flour, 205 pounds of beef, 76 Gills of West Indian rum, 88 Gills of common rum, 28 quarts of vinegar, and 154 pounds of Indian meal. Date written at a later date in pencil.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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