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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01790 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0051] 1-15 January 1783 |
| Title | Samuel Shaw to the Commissary about provisions |
| Date | 3 January 1783 |
| Author | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Writes, "Please to issue to Prince Darby of the Massa. Artillery, fifteen days provision from the 4th instant - he being ordered on command with officers horses. By order of the Comdt." Note on verso signed illegibly. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Continental Army Military Provisions African American History African American Troops Slavery |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Darby, Prince (fl. 1783) |
| Place written | West Point, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Prince Darby, a former slave from Dorchester, Massachusetts, had earned his freedom by enlisting in the army. (Ebenezer Clapp, Jr. in "The History of the Town of Dorchester..." 1859, p. 343) |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |