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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Receipt for rum]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02128 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 20 May 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 8.9 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Request for one quart of rum for General Henry Knox's boatmen.

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

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