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Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for James Wheland]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09558 Author/Creator: Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 10 December 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 10.3 cm, Width: 17.6 cm Order a Copy

Carleton, Lieutenant Commander of the Invalid Regiment, recommends Wheland for a thirty day furlough so he may spend time with his wife, who is sick. Directs his recommendation to Major Doughty (possibly John Doughty).

Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Wheland, James, fl. 1782

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