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Autograph document signed

[Certification of service for Zephaniah Briggs]

1775 circa

Seymour, Thomas, 1735-1829

Certifies that Briggs served in Captain Benjamin Lee's company in 1758 as a private soldier.

GLC01450.131.02

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Document signed

[Printed militia commission for Zephaniah Briggs]

1 May 1775

Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr., 1710-1785

Commission of second lieutenant Briggs in a company commanded by Nehemiah Beardsley to assist his captain in gathering enlistments to form a company of 100 men.

GLC01450.132

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