Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 [General Benjamin Lincoln's orders]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03442 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: February 4, 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy
General orders which congratulate troops on the successful capture of a large number of insurgents. This document is probably one of the enclosures that accompanied Lincoln's 5 February 1787 letter to Knox (GLC02437.03444).
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