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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Army expenses of various regiments]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02263 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 22 November 1778 Pagination: 3 p. : address ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Contains instructions to Mr. Richards to deliver articles and collect receipts for them. The receipts are included on the following pages. Written at or near Fredericksburg (present-day Patterson, New York).

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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