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Johnson, J., fl. 1782 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Morefield]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09575 Author/Creator: Johnson, J., fl. 1782 Place Written: Highlands, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 December 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 23.4 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Johnson recommends Lieutenant [Morefield?] for a sixty day leave of absence. Notes that Morefield commands a company in the Second Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Captain David Humphreys, George Washington's aide-de-camp. Directed to Major General Henry Knox at West Point.

Johnson, J., fl. 1782
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Humphreys, David, 1752-1818

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