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Townsend, David, 1753-1829 [Certificate of illness]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02793 Author/Creator: Townsend, David, 1753-1829 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 22 November 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27.9 cm, Width: 20.9 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by Samuel Adams, a hospital surgeon. Certifies that soldiers in the general hospital are "so reduced by Sickness as totally to disqualify them for any Kind of military Duty & in our Opinion they will continue in that situation thro' the Winter. we do therefore recommend them as proper Subjects for a Discharge."

Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819
Townsend, David, 1753-1829

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