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Darby, Samuel, 1737-1807 [Certification of service for Jonathan Howes]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.052 Author/Creator: Darby, Samuel, 1737-1807 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Document signed Date: 16 March 1782 Pagination: 1 p. ; 9 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Certifies that Howes served as a soldier in the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment for three years and discharges him from further service. Darby signed as Major Commander.

Darby, Samuel, 1737-1807
Howes, Jonathan, fl. 1782

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