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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02325 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0061] 16-31 July 1783 |
| Title | Request for rations for two men |
| Date | 25 July 1783 |
| Author | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Order sent by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw to West Point Commissary James Forsyth requesting that 14 rations be issued to two men late of the British army on their way to Virginia. Docket signed by a John Griffin stating that contractors delivered the rations. |
| Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Military History Military Provisions Continental Army West Point (US Military Academy) Global History and Civics Desertion |
| People | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Place written | West Point, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |