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Wilkins, Josiah, 1752-? [List of soldiers intended for Captain Simon Edgel]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.219.01 Author/Creator: Wilkins, Josiah, 1752-? Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 31 March 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Josiah Wilkins and Jabez Bush, both members of a regiment from Marlborough, Massachusetts. They request that Edgel "please to diliver to Lieut Peter [Howe] our Wages and This shall Be your Discharge from us." Lists the names of18 soldiers.

Wilkins, Josiah, ?-1752
Bush, Jabez, 1752-?
Edgel, Simon, 1733-1820
Howe, Peter, 1730-1811

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