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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [Permission for John Thornton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09550 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: 28 March 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 14.7 x 16.2 cm. Order a Copy

Allows Thornton to pass with his wife and child to the quarters of the [4th?] artillery regiment stationed at Newton, Pennsylvania.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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