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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Provision return for two prisoners confined in the provost

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09735 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 21 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 11.2 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Also signed by Captain Henry Ten Eyck. Contains a note on page two written by Noah [?], who confirms receipt of rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Ten Eyck, Henry, fl. 1777-1783

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