Unknown A copy of Three Acts of Congress in favor of Silas Talbot
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00656 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 10 October 1777 - 17 September 1779 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 29.7 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy
Title from docket. Includes acts for 10 October 1777, 14 November 1778, and 17 September 1779. The first act promotes Talbot to Major for his attempt to set fire to a British ship "and that he be recommended to General Washington for employment agreeable to his Rank." The second act commends Talbot on his capture of the Pigot, a schooner, presenting Talbot with the Commission of Lieutenant Colonel. The third act, on the motion of [Henry] Laurens, commissions Talbot as Captain in the United States Navy.
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