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Webb, Samuel Blachley (1753-1807) [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Elisha Hopkins]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09566 Author/Creator: Webb, Samuel Blachley (1753-1807) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 December 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 8.8 x 23 cm. Order a Copy

Webb recommends Captain Hopkins for a leave of absence until February 1783. Directed to Major General Henry Knox.

Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hopkins, Elisha, fl. 1776-1783

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