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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Provision return for two men of the Second Connecticut Regiment

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09736 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 22 May 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 11 cm, Width: 22.9 cm Order a Copy

Also signed by Captain [Betts]. A note written in a different hand at the bottom of the page confirms receipt of rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Betts, T., fl. 1783

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