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Hill, Ebenezer (1766-1854) [Weekly return of Captain Simon Edgel's Company]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.216.02 Author/Creator: Hill, Ebenezer (1766-1854) Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 22 March 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 10.6 x 22.8 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Hill as Lieutenant. Indicates that Edgel's company is part of Colonel John Robinson's regiment. Records numbers of officers present.

Hill served as a pastor in Mason, Massachusetts and was a representative in the New Hampshire Legislature, 1839-1840.

Hill, Ebenezer, 1766-1854
Edgel, Simon, 1733-1820
Robinson, John, 1735-1805

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