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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [Cash received from Colonel Miles]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01402 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 9 May 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 21 x 17.1 cm. Order a Copy

Figures and notes tallying the amount of money a Colonel Miles [possibly Samuel Miles of Pennsylvania] spent and received for General Henry Knox.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Miles, Samuel, fl. 1782

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