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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Receipt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08533 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 13-19 March 1780 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 15.3 cm, Width: 9.3 cm Order a Copy

Receipt of Henry Knox's payments to various merchants for goods such as foodstuffs, bearskins, clothing, etc.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Livingston, William, 1723-1790
Hayley, Daniel, fl. 1780

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