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[Certificate related to Captain Lieutenant Thomas Barr]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00980 Author/Creator: Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph note Date: 24 June 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 16.7 cm Order a Copy

Certifies that Barr has served in the 3rd Regiment of Artillery from the beginning of 1777 - 1 January 1781. Docket written by Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp.

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