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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Ordnance of stores received during the year

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01486 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 15 July 1782 Pagination: 1 p. ; 33.2 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Authorship inferred from handwriting. Date added later in pencil. Ordnance items listed in two columns, with dates written at the top of each. Paragraph below columns reads, "The return to be continued in the aforegoing manner for the whole year - then the total of each particular article inserted under its own proper head in the general return."

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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