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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Provision return for two prisoners

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09745 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 27 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 15.3 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Covers the period of one day. Also signed by Captain R. Willis, of the Main Guard. Contains a note on page two signed by Edward Field, who confirms receipt of rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Willis, R., fl. 1783

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