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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision return for army rations issued]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02299 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 20.4 x 23 cm. Order a Copy

Provision return for rations issued to three men from Colonel Antill's regiment. Lieutenant Wright's company in the ordinance department. Return also includes 2 women. The 5 people were issued 26 rations from 17-20 July. Signed by both Lieutenant Wright and Major Samuel Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Docket signed by a William Burrows stating that contractors delivered the rations.

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