Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [List]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09885 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: circa August 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 29 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy
"Ordnance & stores necessary for the intended operations Southward, to be provided immediately at Philadelphia by the Commissary General of Military Stores." List includes 25 cannon, two mortars, one howitzer, tens of thousands of shells, shot, etc., and 140,000 pounds of powder. "Omitted-slow match" is written at the end of page two in Henry Knox's hand. See GLC02437.01156 and .01160-.01163 for related documents.
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