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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Army rations issued to Captain Vincent and his followers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02317 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: 23 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 12 x 21.3 cm. Order a Copy

Written by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw ordering West Point Commissary James Forsyth to issue twelve rations to Captain Vincent and his followers, "being friendly indians." Docket signed by George [Dummerton] stating that contractors delivered the rations.

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