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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.203 Author/Creator: Place Written: New London, Connecticut Type: Document Date: 13 June 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

Permits George Hazzard to pass Fort Trumbull to Fisher's island. Made out to "The Commandg Officer att Fort Trumbull."

George Hazard was the mayor of Newport, Rhode Island.

Hazard, George, 1724-1797

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