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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 Height: 6 cm, Width: 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.

Abbott, Joshua, 1740-1815

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