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Johnson, J., fl. 1782 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Adjutant Curtis]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09593 Author/Creator: Johnson, J., fl. 1782 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 24 December 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.2 cm, Width: 11.6 cm Order a Copy

Recommends Lieutenant Colonel Curtis, of the 2nd Connecticut Regiment, for a forty-five day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox at West Point.

Johnson, J., fl. 1782
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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