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Fairlie, James, 1757-1830 to Mr. Forsyth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02255 Author/Creator: Fairlie, James, 1757-1830 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 14 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox. Orders provisions for one sergeant and seven men belonging to General von Steuben's barge. A docket note regarding rations is signed by John Prescott.

Fairlie, James, 1757-1830
Forsyth, fl. 1783
Prescott, John, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

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