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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Estimate of horses and waggons necessary for the transportation of the following cannon and stores.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01272 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph document Date: 28 October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Lists quanties of ordnance and the amount of horses and wagons needed to move them. Compiled shortly after the siege of Yorktown. Docket dated 29 October 1781.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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