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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Ordnance & Stores Sent from Philadelphia by Mr. Hodgdon.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01172 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document Date: 7 September 1781 Pagination: 3 p. Order a Copy

Lists supplies and quantities sent. The ordnance was for the siege of Yorktown, which began later that month. Mr. Hodgdon was Samuel Hodgdon, the commissary general of military stores. List accompanied letter (GLC02437.01173).

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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