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[Note regarding William Sims's service in the Revolution]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02150.13 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 1783-1815 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 7 cm Order a Copy

Short note regarding William Sims's campaigns in the Rhode Island Continental Regiment, including the Battle of Red Bank, at which time several other soldiers were shot for desertion.

Noyes, Thomas, 1754-1819

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