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Liroth, R.M. (fl. 1777) [Certification of arrival of recruits]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04764.33 Author/Creator: Liroth, R.M. (fl. 1777) Place Written: Harlem Heights, New York Type: Document signed Date: March 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13 x 23 cm. Order a Copy

Written in secretarial hand and signed by "R.M. Liroth" and marked "May 6th." Certifies that 64th Regiment of Foot received Derby Eaden as a recruit from the 20th Regiment of Foot.

Kingston, Robert M., fl. 1776-1779

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