Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Order to issue army rations]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02451 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 August 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 15.7 cm, Width: 13.3 cm Order a Copy
Order issued by Major Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling the commissary at West Point to issue 31 complete rations for Stephen A. Hopkins who was employed by the engineering department engraving cannons. Docket signed by the mark of a Sarah [Waner] stating that contractors delivered the rations.
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