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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision return for engineers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09713 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 19.9 x 16.2 cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by Joseph Cheeseman, Superintendent of the Engineers Department. Contains a note on page two written by Jacob Wight, who confirms receipt of rations. Covers 1-8 May. Possibly created at West Point.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

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