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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Recommendation for the honorable discharge of Sergeant Ephraim Dayton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09553 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Document Date: 31 March 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 14.4 x 22.4 cm. Order a Copy

Asserts that Dayton is from Fairfield, New Jersey, and has served the United States since 8 February 1777.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Dayton, Ephraim, fl. 1777-1781

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