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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Provision return for Captain Thomas Batten's Company]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09725 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 17 cm, Width: 26.1 cm Order a Copy

Batten signs both pages. Covers 17-20 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer at West Point. Mercer confirms receipt of stores.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Batten, Thomas, fl. 1783

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