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: 1 p. : docket ; 8 x 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.
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