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Unknown [Biographical sketch of Samuel B. Webb]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00681 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note signed Date: no date Pagination: 1 p. ; 13.6 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Later copy. Initialed [H.P.J.] Pertains to GLC02437.00682.

Webb was George Washington's aide-de-camp in 1776, and was promoted to the rank of general in 1783.

Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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