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Noyes, Thomas, 1754-1819 [Letter certifying the service of a Billings Burch in the Revolutionary War]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02150.18 Author/Creator: Noyes, Thomas, 1754-1819 Place Written: Rhode Island Type: Autograph document Date: circa 1819 Pagination: 1 p. : 21 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Letter from Thomas Noyes and Nicholas Clark certifying that they were acquainted with a Billings Burch of Stonington, Connecticut during their Revolutionary War service. They say that Burch served under Colonel Lippet, Colonel Babcock, and General Washington during the war.

Noyes, Thomas, 1754-1819

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