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Pemberton, Robert, ?-1788 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00202 Author/Creator: Pemberton, Robert, ?-1788 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 20 September 1775 Pagination: 1p. : Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 17.2 cm Order a Copy

Copy of an extract from general orders pertaining to applications for commissions in the Continental Army. Explains that before anyone obtains a commission from the Army of the United Colonies, they must first obtain one from the colony they will serve. Pemberton was an assistant adjutant general. Written at "Headquarters."

Pemberton, Robert, fl. 1775-1788
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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