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O'Reily, John, fl. 1783 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Corporal John Heath]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09659 Author/Creator: O'Reily, John, fl. 1783 Place Written: Philipstown, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 24 February 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 15.8 x 14.2 cm. Order a Copy

Captain O'Reily recommends Heath for a leave of absence for twenty days. Written at Constitution Island.

O'Reily, John, fl. 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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