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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Provision return

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02307 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 20 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Provision return for one sergeant and six privates from 21 July to 26 July 1783. The men were given a total of 63 rations for six days. A signed docket confirms receipt of the contractors in New York and New Jersey. The return is signed by an aide-de-camp with an illegible signature. Also signed by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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