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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [Provision return for twenty-two army prisoners]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10084 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 23 January 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 35.9 x 23 cm. Order a Copy

Covers four days. Includes information for some regiments from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maryland. Signed by Shaw as aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox, commander at West Point. Also signed by Sergeant Ebenezer Shelley, who confirms receipt of rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Shelley, Ebenezer, fl. 1783

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