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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to Edward Hand

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01590 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 September 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23 cm, Width: 17.9 cm Order a Copy

Writes, "General [Henry] Knox transmitted the report of the Court of Inquiry on LC Barber, as well for his Excellency's decision as for its being published to the army; he not thinking himself authorized to decide in this case it having been designated by Genl [William] Heath, then commanding in the Department."

Hand, Edward, 1744-1802
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Heath, William, 1737-1814
Barber, Isaac R., fl. 1782

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