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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Provision return for the Superintendent of the Masons

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09727 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Printed document signed Date: 17 May 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 34 cm, Width: 21.6 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed. Covers 17-31 May. Also signed by Sergeant Joseph Cheesman and Jacob Wight, who confirms receipt of rations.

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
Wight, Jacob, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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