Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Certificate of James Sutter's service]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00949 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 12 May 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy
Attests that Sutter served as an artillery artificer from 18 January 1778 - 29 January 1780, was honorably discharged, and is entitled to the depreciation of his pay, which he has not received. Shaw signs as Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Possibly created at New Windsor, New York.
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