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Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 to Henry Knox.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00893 Author/Creator: Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 15 and February 16, 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 19.4 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes a note to Henry Knox asking for approval concerning a discharge and encloses the discharge with the note (see GLC02437.00891). The discharge is written by Samuel Shaw on the second page, dated 16 February. Written at a Park of Artillery.

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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