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Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Charles Fanning]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09663 Author/Creator: Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 27, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 10.5 cm, Width: 22.9 cm Order a Copy

Recommends Lieutenant Fanning, paymaster of the First Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 10 April 1783. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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