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North, William, 1755-1836 [Provision return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02214 Author/Creator: North, William, 1755-1836 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

A provision return for four men belonging to Baron Steuben's barge. Three of the men were from the 2nd Massachusetts and one from the 1st Massachusetts regiment. Noted and signed by Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, on page one: "-sixteen rations By order of the Comdr." The document also bears a handwritten docket signed by Shaw plus another docket signed by David Blake.

North, William, 1755-1836
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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