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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 [Return for the 1st Massachusetts Foot Brigade]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02778 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document Date: 15 November 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 32.8 x 36.6 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment, rank, status, and alterations since the last return. Also includes a manuscript table on the verso with officers' names (in most cases), status (sick present, sick absent, on duty, command, absent with leave, on the staff) and remarks. Noted as printed by F. Bailey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Signed by Pickering for Brigadier General John Paterson.

Paterson, John, 1744-1808
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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