Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) An Estimate of arms, accountrements and ammunition requisite for an army of 30,000 men, in an active campaign, The dificiences are calculated in specie at six shillings to the dollar, after the rate the articles could have been purchased in 1774.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00843 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 6 October 1780 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 33.5 x 20.8 cm. Order a Copy
Lists supplies for men on active campaign by type, number required, number supposedly available, the difference and value. Written at a Park of Artillery. Document is not signed but is written in the hand of Samuel Shaw.
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