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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Victualing return for one army prisoner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09716 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 10 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Also signed by Asa Andrew, Marshall, and Captain Lemuel Clift. Cover 10-13 May. Contains a note on page two written by William Fargo, who confirms receipt of rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Andrew, Asa, fl. 1783
Clift, Lemuel, 1755-1821

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