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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 General Knox in account with [Samuel] Shaw

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10456 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: September 1776- December 1777 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 40 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Lists account information regarding the purchase of a variety of goods: gloves, ducks, potatoes, oats, handkerchiefs, postage for letters, housekeeping, and various other items.

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

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