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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Public cloathing store

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02745 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: Springfield, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 November 1783 Pagination: 1 p. ; 34.6 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

"Invoice of sundry Cloathing [sic] the property of the United States ... " Lists clothing with prices. Signed as received by Samuel Shaw but main part of invoice is in a different hand.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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