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Nichols, Noah, fl. 1779 [Certificate of John Tharp's enlistment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00790 Author/Creator: Nichols, Noah, fl. 1779 Place Written: Morristown, New Jersey Type: Autograph note signed Date: December 11, 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Nichols, Captain of Artillery Artificers, certifies that John Tharp, an artificer in his company, enlisted 27 November 1776, and "has never receved [sic] any gratuities from any state, nor bounties, excepting the Continental Bounty of Twenty Dollars, and the Hundred Dollars Bounty alowed by Congress to those Inlisted [sic] During the war."

Nichols, Noah, fl. 1779
Tharp, John, 1751-1819

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