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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Order for provisions for two men]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09722 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 9.6 cm, Width: 15.6 cm Order a Copy

Also signed by Captain William Saterlee. Contains a note on page two written by Lawrence [Dowling?], who confirms receipt of rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Saterlee, William, fl. 1783

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