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Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Wales]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09583 Author/Creator: Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 20 December 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 6.1 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Butler recommends Wales, of the First Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 13 February 1783. Possibly directed to Henry Knox at West Point.

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

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