Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Army rations issued to Thomas Nelson and his family]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02300 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 16 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 10.3 x 17.3 cm. Order a Copy
Asks the commissary, James Forsyth, to issue rations for Thomas Nelson, his wife, and 2 children from 16-31 of July. Says that Nelson is a furloughed man from the Massachusetts artillery who was detained by the sickness of his wife. Nelson signed the docket stating that 64 rations were delivered to him.
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