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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to Colonel [Tench] Tilghman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00939 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 April 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Shaw, General Henry Knox's aide, writes to Tilghman, George Washington's aide. Requests relief for another soldier who was robbed by villains (refer to GLC02437.00937).

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786

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