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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Provision return for two men of the Second and Eighth Companies, Second Connecticut Regiment

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09729 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 18 May 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 12.7 x 21.4 cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by Captain Ezra Selden. Covers the period of one day. Docketed with an illegible signature. Contains an illegible signature on page two, confirming receipt of rations.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Selden, Ezra, fl. 1783

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