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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Travel expenses from Lebanon to Valley Forge]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08436 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Camp at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document signed Date: 19 May 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 7.6 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Written in Shaw's hand, whose signature is in the body of the document. Countersigned by Ephraim Groves (or Grovey) stating he received payment. Groves noted that he received £3.15 from Shaw for four-and-a-half days of expenses from Lebanon to Valley Forge.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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