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Unknown [List of Appointments of Major Generals]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07350 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1799 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.7 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

List of Major General appointments that include Alexander Hamilton as Inspector General of the Army, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Knox, Henry Lee, among others.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

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