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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Orders for Sergeant Torrey]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01061 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Tarrytown, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 19 July 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 19.9 x 15.6 cm. Order a Copy

Instructs Torrey to take carriages with spare wheels and lumber to West Point via either Kings Ferry (by land), or Peekskill (by water).

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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