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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [Request for rations]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02347 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 23 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 10.6 x 17.1 cm. Order a Copy

"Request to issue Mr. Augustus Hopkins provisions from the 23 to 31 July 1783 inclusive, nine complete rations, he being employed in engraving the cannon at this post."

Randall, John, fl. 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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