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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision return for army rations issued]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02295 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.7 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Provision return for one man of the late 2nd Connecticut Regiment. He was issued 10 rations for 10 days. Signed by R. Sanderson as a quartermaster and Colonel H. Luith(?). Also signed by Major Shaw as Knox's aide-de-camp. Docket signed by an Ezekiel Whitney stating that contractors delivered the rations.

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