Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision return]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02212 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 July 1783 - 4 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy
A provision return for eight men and two women employed in the ordinance department at one ration per day from July 1st to July 4th 1783, for a total of fifty-six rations. Noted and signed: "By order of the Comd. S. Shaw [Samuel Shaw]." Also signed by Lieutenant J. Wright and another name which is illegible.. The docket is signed by William Burrows.
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