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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [Provision request]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02261 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 10 July 1783 Pagination: 2 p. ; 8.5 x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy

Order to issue three days provisions to Northwich Evens, an invalid soldier. Signed by Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, Samuel Shaw.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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