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Wright, Joseph A., fl. 1783 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Ensign Cole]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09615 Author/Creator: Wright, Joseph A., fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: January 10,1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 11.4 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Major Wright recommends Cole, of the Third Connecticut Regiment, for a forty-eight day leave of absence. Directed to Major General Henry Knox.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wright, Joseph A., fl. 1783

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