Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Order to issue 20 pounds of beef for General Knox]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02318 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: 23 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 7.1 x 17.2 cm. Order a Copy
Order written by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw to West Point Commissary James Forsyth. Tells the commissary to issue 20 pounds of beef for General Knox.
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