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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Request for eight rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09746 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 27 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 8 cm, Width: 21.8 cm Order a Copy

A request for eight rations for James Adams and his wife. A note written in a different hand and signed by James Adams at the bottom of the second page confirms receipt of rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Adams, James, fl. 1783

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