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Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Strachan and Doctor Tenison]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09585 Author/Creator: Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 20 December 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.1 cm, Width: 22.8 cm Order a Copy

Recommends Strachan for a two month leave of absence. Also recommends Doctor [Tenison?] for a forty day furlough. Notes that Tenison has a "mate" that will do his duties in Tenison's absence. Directed to Major General Henry Knox at West Point.

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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