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Unknown [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Judge Danford]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09594 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Fishkill, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 27 December 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 7.2 x 16.7 cm. Order a Copy

Colonel Lewis Nicola recommends Danford, of the Invalid Regiment, for a leave of absence until April 1783. Mentions Major Doughty (possibly John Doughty). Verso contains a list of four names (possibly other colonels).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Nicola, Lewis, 1717-1807
Doughty, John, 1754-1826

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