[Account of sundries purchased by Major Samuel Shaw]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08462 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document signed Date: January 20, 1779-February 4, 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 41 cm, Width: 32.3 cm Order a Copy
Acccount Samuel Shaw had with John Fisher in Philadelphia. These items were "charged to Gen Knox" and Shaw signed it, verifying the charges. The bill was for $77.75. Some of the items bought included shoes, shirts, combs, hair powder, snuff, paper, sealing wax, quills, etc. It is also noted that mending and washing of clothes was done. Docket in Shaw's hand.
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