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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Provisions drawn for Genl Knox's family 1780-1-2-3

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09440 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: November 1783 Pagination: 28 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 16.4 cm Order a Copy

Booklet containing accounts of stores drawn from commissaries (includes commissaries' names and lists of supplies). Stores acquired by the Knox family are presented in chart form (includes flour, beef, candles, rum, salt, rice, pork, and peas). Contains detailed notes on forage accounts related to the Knox family (including hay, corn, and oats, among other items). Also contains accounts of rations related to Knox's military service, including different names of merchants and/or officials whom Knox settled his accounts with at various times between 1780 and 1783. With ten blank leaves interspersed throughout booklet.

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

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