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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Extract from James Webber & Co. letter]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03090 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 1783-1815 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 9.7 cm, Width: 15.4 cm Order a Copy

In the hand of Samuel Shaw, who served as Henry Knox's aide during the Revolutionary War. Discusses collecting payment on a bill.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Webber, James, fl. 1783-1797
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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