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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Stores with the army coming from Hudson's River.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10023 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 30 August 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 38 cm, Width: 22.7 cm Order a Copy

Long list of Artillery supplies and their quantities on their way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania en route to support the siege of Yorktown.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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