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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Ordnance & Stores directed to be Sent up the Bay of Chesapeake.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01274 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph document Date: circa 21 October 1781-24 October 1781 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Lists quantities of different types of ordnance to be transported. The Battle of Yorktown had ended earlier that month.

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

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