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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09635 Author/Creator: Webb, Samuel Blachley (1753-1807) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 10 Feburary 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13.4 x 22.3 cm. Order a Copy

Colonel Webb recommends Betts, captain of the regiment under his command, for a leave of absence until 10 February 1783. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox at West Point.

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

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