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French, Samuel (fl. 1777-1779) [Receipt regarding Henry Knox and Samuel Shaw]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00766 Author/Creator: French, Samuel (fl. 1777-1779) Place Written: New Jersey Type: Manuscript document Date: 29 May 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 12.3 x 19.2 cm. Order a Copy

Written in Shaw's hand. "Received of Gen. Knox by the hand of Samuel Shaw four hundred and eighty dollars for that sum lent him at Valley Forge last June ... "

Shaw was Knox's aide-de-camp.

French, Samuel, fl. 1777-1779
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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