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Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Reed]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09581 Author/Creator: Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 19 December 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 9.3 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Colonel Butler recommends Reed, of the First Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 13 February 1783. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox at West Point.

Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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