Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Circular address to the New England states]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00847 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Tappan, New York Type: Autograph document Date: 7 October 1780 Pagination: 5 p. : docket ; 33.5 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy
Entirely in Shaw's hand, including signatures. Expresses their unhappiness over bad conditions of officers in the army, particularly in the New England states. Concerns center on overly long terms of service, jealousy and lack of respect among subordinates and the general population, and the small income which does not allow them to sufficiently support their families. States that "[t]he war appears to us as far from an honorable issue as it has ever done."
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