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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to Richard Frothingham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02416 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 August 1783 Pagination: 1 p. ; 19.5 x 15.8 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Frothingham that William Richards, the deputy field commissary of military stores, has been discharged and wishes to have his accounts settled. Noted as a duplicate.

Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Richards, William, fl. 1781-1787

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