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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to Ebenezer Stevens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01261 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Manuscript letter Date: 24 October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Order a Copy

"By order of genl. Knox," Shaw orders first division of vessels containing ordnance to Head of Elk, Maryland. Colonel Edward Stevens will provide an inventory of cargo. Explains the logistics of the transportation. Secretarial copy of a Shaw letter.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

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