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Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 [Recommendation of a leave of absence for Captain Benton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09645 Author/Creator: Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 15, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.2 cm, Width: 23.3 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Butler recommends Benton, of the First Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

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

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