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Averson, Aaron, fl. 1783 [Report pertaining to Captain Aaron Averson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02740 Author/Creator: Averson, Aaron, fl. 1783 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.2 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Reports that Captain Averson and Jer. (Jeremiah?) Van Rensselaer were chosen as the agent and pay master, respectively for the 1st New York Regiment. Date added later in pencil.

Averson, Aaron, fl. 1783

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