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Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800 [Provision return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02348 Author/Creator: Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 25 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 19.8 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Return for two men who were recently discharged. They had been detained due to illness. Countersigned by John Callender and Samuel Shaw, with a signed docket by Jesse Jordan.

Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800
Callender, John, fl. 1747-1797
Jordan, Jesse, fl. 1778-1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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