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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Certification concerning Ephraim Dayton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09549 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Document Date: 31 March 1781 Pagination: 2 p. ; 14.5 x 22.4 cm. Order a Copy

Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, certifies that Dayton, from Fairfield, New Jersey, has served in the artillery since 8 February 1777. On verso, paymaster J. Hubbell certifies that Dayton has been paid up to 1 March 1780. Lists clothing Dayton received 1777-1780.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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