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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision order for two men belonging to the Second and Eighth Company]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09724 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 May 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 14 x 16.8 cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by Captain Edward Buckley. Contains a note on page two, written by Elijah Atwood at West Point, New York. Atwood confirms receipt of rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Buckley, Edward, fl. 1783

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