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Whitcomb, Asa, 1719-1804 [Appointment of Zibeon Hooker as sergeant]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.616.02 Author/Creator: Whitcomb, Asa, 1719-1804 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 1 January 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Appoints Zibeon Hooker a first sergeant in the "Sixth Regiment of the Foot in the Continental Army." Signed by Whitcomb as Colonel in the Continental Army. Partially printed.

Whitcomb, Asa, 1719-1804
Hooker, Zibeon, 1752-1840

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