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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02670 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Princeton, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 October 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Reports on Congressional proceedings. The report to Congress included the issue of allowing extra allowance on the ordnance claim and a resolution respecting separate departments. Mentions which states support it and which do not, in addition to his deep interest in this business. "Public service" written on address leaf, which bears a free frank signed by "B. Lincoln" (Benjamin Lincoln).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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