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- GLC#
- GLC02437.09682-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 8 March 1783
- Author/Creator
- Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
- Title
- [Recommendation for a hired man to serve in the military in the place of Benjamin Burt]
- Place Written
- West Point, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 12.8 cm, Width: 22.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Burt hires the man for one year's service. Captain Patten directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox. On verso, Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, authorizes Burt's discharge for one year. Shaw also writes from West Point.
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