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Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 Appointment of Elijah Tredway as Ensign 16th Co

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.23 Author/Creator: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Document signed Date: 19 May 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 32 cm Order a Copy

Cosigned by George Wyllys, Secretary. With paper seal. Signed as governor of Connecticut.

Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796
Wyllys, George, 1710-1796
Tredway, Elijah, fl. 1788

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