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Huntington, Ebenezer, 1754-1834 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Ensign Cotton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09563 Author/Creator: Huntington, Ebenezer, 1754-1834 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 December 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 11.7 x 21.6 cm. Order a Copy

Recommends Cotton for a forty day leave of absence. Directed to Major General Henry Knox.

Huntington, Ebenezer, 1754-1834
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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