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Larned, Simon, 1753-1817 [Department No. 6 Orders]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.721.05 Author/Creator: Larned, Simon, 1753-1817 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 1812/06/26 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Orders that commanding officers forward a return of all men recruited in their districts in the month of June. Also orders that those who failed to remit returns for May recruits do so, so that the secretary of war can "see at one view the strength of Department No. 6." Issued during the War of 1812.

Larned, Simon, 1753-1817
Bedel, Moody, 1764-1841

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