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- GLC#
- GLC02892
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 30 June 1775
- Author/Creator
- Benson, Robert, fl. 1775
- Title
- [Appointment of Alexander McDougall as Colonel of First New York regiment]
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Written by Benson as Secretary of New York Provincial Congress. After Congress resumed its consideration of the arrangement of regiments, it made the New York Regiment the First Regiment. It also unanimously approved Alexander McDougall as colonel for the regiment.
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