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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Bill to Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08554 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 24 May 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 8.5 cm, Width: 15.1 cm Order a Copy

Knox paid for hay for eight horses for one night as well as a bushel and a half of corn. The total came to £0.18.0. In Samuel Shaw's hand is written, "Burkenridge - Paid."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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