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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [Provision return for masons and miners covering eight days]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10079 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 29.2 x 26 cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by Daniel Niven, Captain of Engineers, and Joseph Cheesman, Director of Masons;. A note written on verso, signed by [?] Hayden, confirms receipt of rations for West Point.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Niven, Daniel, 1742-1809
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

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