Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision return of Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Artificers]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10094 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: February 17, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 34.5 cm, Width: 22.8 cm Order a Copy
Also signed by Captain Patten. Lists captains, amount of rations, and number days receiving rations. Shaw signs as aide-de-camp to Henry Knox at West Point. Patten signs a note on verso listing absentees. Also contains a note written by Dudley Mercer, Quartermaster [at West Point?], confirming receipt of rations.
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