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Pettengill, Joseph (1753-1833) List of men's names-for discharge of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10177 Author/Creator: Pettengill, Joseph (1753-1833) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 27 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 35.3 x 23.9 cm. Order a Copy

List of fifty-three men discharged from the first Massachusetts Regiment. Noted that men are "entitled by cuting [sic] two cords of Wood each." Watermarked with a crest with three fleur-de-lis.

Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833

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