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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Request for rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02052 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 April 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 8.4 cm, Width: 16.9 cm Order a Copy

Request to issue two days' worth of provisions for two deserters from the British. Includes a note on verso from [Rueben Beach].

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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