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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [List of accounts]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08418 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 9 August 1777-13 September 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 15.2 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

9 August received 200 dollars from General Nathanael Greene. Most of the list is for payment of room and board. Also was keeping track of money borrowed.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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