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Hunt, Daniel, 1723-1807 to Simon Edgel

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.216.03 Author/Creator: Hunt, Daniel, 1723-1807 Place Written: Holliston, Massachusetts Type: Note signed Date: April 8, 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Note signed by twelve enlisted men asking Captain Edgel, spelled Edggall, to give all their pay to Lieutenant Ebenezer Hill. Signed by John Claflin, Daniel Hunt, Samuel Wheelock, Jesse Miller, Isaac Smith, Ebenezer Littlefield, John Fairbank, Ezra Bown, Joseph Mors, Eli Lealand, Joshua Hemenway, and Daniel Knowlton. All the men were privates, except Hunt who was a corporal, and Smith who was a fifer.

Hunt, Daniel, 1723-1807
Edgel, Simon, 1733-1820
Hill, Ebenezer, 1735-1805
Clafin, John, fl. 1776
Wheelock, Samuel, fl. 1776
Miller, Jesse, fl. 1776
Smith, Isaac, fl. 1776
Littlefield, Ebenezer, 1747-1798
Fairbanks, John, 1759-1844
Brown, Ezra, fl. 1776
Mors, Joseph, fl. 1776
Lealand, Eli, fl. 1776
Hemenway, Joshua, 1755-1814
Knowlton, Daniel, 1738-1825

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