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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01749 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0049] December 1782 |
| Title | Samuel Shaw to John Miles about a sutler license |
| Date | 17 December 1782 |
| Author | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Recipient | Miles, John |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Written to Captain Lieutenant [likely John] Miles of the Office of Police. At the top of the page, Shaw writes a note to Miles granting a license to a Mr. Reynolds to be a sutler at the West Point garrison. Asks Miles to keep a register of the licenses he grants, and that the licenses take the following standard format: "Mr. [blank space] is hereby licensed to suttle on West Point till further orders - he conforming himself to and strictly obeying all orders and regulations which are or may hereafter be given for the government of sutlers. Given at West Point by order of Gen. Knox." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Continental Army West Point (US Military Academy) Sutler Military Provisions Alcohol |
| People | Miles, John (fl. 1780-1783) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | West Point, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | A sutler provided food and provisions to soldiers. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |