Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's company of artillery artificers]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10104 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 13 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 40.5 cm, Width: 27 cm Order a Copy
Also signed by Captain Patten. Lists captains, amount of rations, and number of days receiving rations. Shaw signs as aide-de-camp to Henry Knox at West Point. Patten signs a note on verso listing absentees. Covers March 13-16. Sergeant George Groom signs on verso, confirming receipt of rations.
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