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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Issue of army rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02337 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 28 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 18 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Order to issue rations to Captain Vincent and his friendly Indian companions. The order specifies that they be given one peck of peas and in the future, with every ration, issued one gill of rum "whether country or West India." Signed by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to Henry Knox. Also signed by Captain John Vincent in receipt of a peck of peas. The docket reads "Genl Orders No. 10 Indians."

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Warrant, John, fl. 1783

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