Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) to Captain Dustan
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10190 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: 18 November 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 30.8 x 28.2 cm. Order a Copy
Instructs Captain Dustan to bring all the cannon and stores from Kings Ferry to West Point based on the orders of General Knox. States that Dustan is required to assist Knox. Instructs him to leave men in each work "with strict orders to suffer no injury to be done to them," after which Dustan should join the corps from which he has been detached. Watermarked.
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