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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Request for provisions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02581 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 29 September 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 7.2 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Request for six pounds of candles on behalf of General Knox. Includes a note on the verso signed by Jacob Johnson.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Johnson, Jacob, fl. 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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