Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [Rates of pay for 1777-1778]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01315 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1781 Pagination: 1p. ; 21 x 17.2 cm. Order a Copy
Notes regarding changes in pay scale for military officers W. Barber, Samuel Lord, and John Austin passed by Congress in 1777 and 1778. Note at bottom reads: Mr. Shaw will be much obliged to Maj. [Platt] to fill up the above blanks with the particular dates of the resolves by which the above rates of pay were settled." Date added later in pencil.
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