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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00737-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 November 1778
- Author/Creator
- Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
- Title
- to Silas Talbot
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 29.7 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Knox's retained copy of a letter from Laurens, President of Congress. Laurens congratulates Talbot and his men for taking the schooner Pigot, and on behalf of Congress grants Talbot a commission as lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army. Copy is in Knox's hand.
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