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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Settlement with Col. [Timothy] Pickering for the extremes of Gen Knox's Waggon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00896 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: Newburgh, New York Type: Autograph document Date: 19 February 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 26.9 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Lists payments to various people. Title and date from docket. Bears autograph endorsement signed by Timothy Pickering's hand.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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