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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von (1730-1794) [Muster roll for the 3rd Company, 7th Massachusetts Regiment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03847 Author/Creator: Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von (1730-1794) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 15 April 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 53.7 x 42 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben as Major General and Inspector General of the United States Army, certifying the muster roll as valid. Signed by Gamaliel Bradford as Lieutenant. Plus five collateral newspapers clippings that seem unrelated.

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
Bradford, Gamaliel, 1763-1824
Lincoln, Rufus, 1751-1838

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