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Carleton, Guy (1724-1808) to George Dawson Esqr.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.610.04 Author/Creator: Carleton, Guy (1724-1808) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Printed document signed Date: 29 August 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25 x 37.9 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by Maurice Morgann. Partially printed document in which General Carleton appoints Dawson a captain of a company in the British Legion under the command of Banestre Tarleton. Accompanied by paper seal.

Carleton, Guy, Baron Dorchester, 1724-1808
Morgann, Maurice, 1726-1802
Dawson, George, fl. 1771-1832

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