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Dellezenne, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Kirkpatrick]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09655 Author/Creator: Dellezenne, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Document Date: February 23, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 14.4 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Captain Dellezenne recommends Kirkpatrick, of the corps of sappers and miners, for a fifty day leave of absence to go to Delaware, where "he has particular business with the legislature of that State." Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

Dellezenne, Joseph, fl. 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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