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Niven, Daniel, 1742-1809 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Ebenezer Clark and Daniel Barns]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09643 Author/Creator: Niven, Daniel, 1742-1809 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 14, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

Captain Niven recommends Clark and Barns for fifty and thirty day furloughs respectively. Adds a note at the bottom of the page recommending Joshua Bundy for a thirty day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

Niven, Daniel, 1742-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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