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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02214 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0060] 1-15 July 1783 |
| Title | Provision return for four men belonging to Baron Steuben's barge |
| Date | 1 July 1783 |
| Author | North, William (1755-1836) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | A provision return for four men belonging to Baron Steuben's barge. Three of the men were from the 2nd Massachusetts and one from the 1st Massachusetts regiment. Noted and signed by Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, on page one: "-sixteen rations By order of the Comdr." The document also bears a handwritten docket signed by Shaw plus another docket signed by David Blake. |
| Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Military History Military Provisions Continental Army Transportation |
| People | North, William (1755-1836) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Place written | West Point, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | William North was an aide to Baron von Steuben. After the war he served in the U.S. Senate (1798), as adjutant general of the Army, with the rank of brigadier general (1798-1800), and as one of the commissioners of the Erie Canal. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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