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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Order for provisions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02522 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 16 September 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 8.2 cm, Width: 23.6 cm Order a Copy

Order for one gallon of rum, charged to General Henry Knox's account. Docket signed by Thomas Clowes.

Clowes, Thomas, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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