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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision return for men in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02303 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 18 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

A provision return for nine men belonging to the 4th Massachusetts Regiment. Eighty-one rations were issued to the men for a total of six days, commencing on 18 July 1783. The order is signed by Samuel Shaw, General Knox's aide-de-camp. The docket is signed by a Samuel [Wheeler] confirming receipt of the contractors in New York and New Jersey.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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