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Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 [Discharge of Francis Lovett with note by Shaw on verso]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00904 Author/Creator: Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 7 March 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 14.5 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

Certifying Lovett's discharge from the "Company of Artillery Artificers."

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1738-1805
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Lovett, Francis, fl. 1781
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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