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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision return for masons covering eight days]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10078 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 8 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 35 cm, Width: 23.1 cm Order a Copy

Also signed by Joseph Cheesman, Superintendent [of Masons;]. A note written on verso, signed by [?] Hayden, confirms receipt of rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

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