Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [Receipt for payment of eleven dollars from Samuel Shaw]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00696 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document Date: 10 April 1778 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 6.6 x 15.6 cm. Order a Copy
Receipt to Samuel Wells, and signed by him. Wells certifies receipt of eleven dollars from Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, "for the expence of going to Bethlehem and bring Genl Knox's Baggage to camp and for having a new Tongue made to the Waggon." Verso contains a list of three officers and a table of figures. Created at "Camp at Valley Forge."
Signature is illegible; possibly created by Samuel Wells.
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