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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Provision return for two prisoners belonging to the Second Connecticut Regiment

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09743 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 26 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 10 cm, Width: 17.4 cm Order a Copy

Also signed by Captain E. Eells of the Main Guard. Covers the period of one day. Contains a note on page two written by Edward Field, who confirms receipt of rations.

Eells, E., fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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