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Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for William Higgins]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09603 Author/Creator: Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 4 January 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13.7 x 22.8 cm. Order a Copy

Colonel Butler recommends Lieutenant Higgins, of the 1st Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directed to Major General Henry Knox at West Point, New York.

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

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