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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Account of Money delivered by Capt. Lt. Treat to the Officers of Artillery for recruiting, agreeable to their Receipts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00509 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: Peekskill, New York Type: Autograph document Date: 15 March 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31.6 x 18.9 cm. Order a Copy

An account of the money paid to officers in Knox's artillery regiment, totalling 7,145 dollars. States that the money came from General Knox.

Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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