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Abbott, Joshua (1740-1815) [Certificate of enlistment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.216.01 Author/Creator: Abbott, Joshua (1740-1815) Place Written: Winter Hill, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 March 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 6 x 25 cm. Order a Copy

Certifies that Jacob Chamberlain has enlisted until the end of December in Captain Abbott's company in Colonel Stark's regiment. Written from Camp.

Joshua Abbott was a captain in the Fifth Continental Infantry.
Jacob Chamberlain served as a private from New Hampshire.

Abbott, Joshua, 1740-1815

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