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Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Aaron Benjamin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09595 Author/Creator: Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 28 December 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 14.6 x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy

Colonel Webb recommends Benjamin, in the Third Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 20 February 1782. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox at West Point.

Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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