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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision request for Thomas Nelson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02357 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 August 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 8 x 21.8 cm. Order a Copy

Written by Major Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, to West Point Commissary James Forsyth to issue ten days provisions to Thomas Nelson, his wife, and two children. Nelson was late of the artillery and was detained by the sickness of his wife. Docket is signed by Nelson and a C. Brandy stating that contractors delivered the rations.

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