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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.02194
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0059] June 1783 
Title Issue of rum to boatmen
Date 27 June 1863
Author Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)  
Document Type Military document
Content Description Shaw requests that a quart of rum be issued to eight boatmen on fatigue duty. Two other illegible signatures appear on the document. Noted "Genl Ordr No. 5" on verso.
Subjects Military History  Continental Army  Transportation  Military Provisions  Alcohol  
People Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)  
Theme The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859