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Ensworth, Jedediah, fl. 1783 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Abijah Hubbell]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09606 Author/Creator: Ensworth, Jedediah, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: January 11, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 11.5 cm, Width: 23.7 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Ensworth recommends Hubbell, of the Third Connecticut Regiment, for a sixty day leave of absence. Possibly intends the request for Major General Henry Knox.

Ensworth, Jedediah, fl. 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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