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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [Order for rations for Captain Vincent and his companions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02323 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 25 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 8.3 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

Order issued by Major Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, desiring James Forsyth, Commissary of West Point, to issue 12 rations to Captain Vincent and his companions, "friendly Indians."

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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